"US may seek Guard help for border" by Associated Press | June 30, 2009
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is developing plans to seek up to 1,500 National Guard volunteers to intensify the military’s counterdrug efforts along the Mexican border, senior administration officials said yesterday.
The plan is a stopgap measure being worked out between the Defense Department and the Homeland Security Department, and it comes despite Pentagon concerns about committing more troops to the border - a move some officials worry will be seen as militarizing the region.
Part of the slow, steady, incremental creation of the North American Union.
Senior administration officials said the Guard program would last no longer than a year and would build on an existing operation.
They always say that, but ever notice how federal programs -- once begun --- never go away?
They said the program, which would largely be federally funded, would draw on Guard volunteers from the four border states.... Officials said the program would mainly seek out Guard members for surveillance, intelligence analysis, and aviation support. Guard units would also supply ground troops who could assist at border crossings and with land and air transportation....
If it looks like a duck, sounds like a duck, and walks like a duck.... well, you know the rest.
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