Armed conflict.
What if I told you that the US HAS conducted ARMED AND AGGRESSIVE border security on the Federal level in the past?
I didn't know this until yesterday. I rode with a very good freind of mine to see his grandfather in a retirement home in Silverdale. This gentleman is 91 years old. He served 30 years in the military, beginning in the US Army Air Corps in 1943. He had a great story to tell about early service.
In the mid-to-late 1940's, California had much the same issue as it does now regarding criminal immigration. Because of that, Dan's (the grandfather) airwing, a C-47 group out of LA, was detailed to fly aerial observation and security. They would fly south along the coast, turn east and cover the border, and then fly back up the state line, crossing to LA and making what amounts to a huge square.
He told me that almost daily, the would see trains of illegals walking the border, and they would....get ready for this....drop altitude, STICK THEIR THOMPSONS OUT THE DOORS
, AND FIRE WARNING SHOTS
until the offenders turned around and went home. It was treated then as an invasion.
It's funny to see how much attitudes and politics have changed. During the 1940's and 1950's, when terrorist technology and tactics were a little more limited than today, criminal immigration was treated as AN INVASION
Today, in the world of nukes that fit in backpacks and extremist homicide bombers, the same issue is treated as political ebola, to be avoided at all costs for as long as possible.
It will take several more sharp drops in the dollar, tax increases, and criminal incidents before the issue is addressed. And that's sad.
In reference to the OP, you are quite right. I was unaware that this had been treated as a war before, but DEFINITELY needs to be treated as such again.
NOTE TO FLAMERS:
I AM NOT A RACIST. I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST PEOPLE OF LATIN-AMERICAN ORIGIN OR THOSE OF ANY OTHER NATIONALITY WHO ENTER OUR BORDERS LEGALLY IN HOPES OF ENJOYING NEW OPPORTUNITY. I DO NOT SUPPORT THE IDEA OF CAMPS, INTERNMENT, OR PRISON TIME ON A MASS SCALE. I ONLY SUGGEST THAT OUR BORDERS BE DEFENDED IN A MANNER THAT WILL DETER OR DESTROY THE DRUG RUNNERS, INTEL GATHERERS, CRIMINALS, GANG MEMBERS, AND OTHER THUGS WHO ATTEMPT TO USE OUR GENEROSITY AS A SAFE-HAVEN FOR THEIR ACTS OF WICKEDNESS.