The Guard At The Border

This is going to be fun to watch. President Bush is expected tonight to announce that he is going to dispatch the Nation Guard to the southern border to help in the fight against illegal immigration. It might actually somewhat slow the tide of people illegally crossing, but that won't matter.

The problem here is that the people Bush is trying to appease are not going to be satisfied with the Guard doing clerical work to free up more border guards. They actually want to see tanks, and soldiers with rifles tracking down border crossers. They're not going to get that, which will lead to jackasses like the minutemen telling people they haven't seen the Guard. Eventually, Bush may have to march some soldiers around in the sand for photo-op purposes.

As far as the military goes, people are obviously concerned over how thin the military is stretched, however, I doubt any of the Guardsmen called up for this holiday in the Sun will complain, it sure as hell beats Iraq.

Also, Bush has reportedly told Mexican President Vicente Fox that the effort is temporary. I have a feeling when Bush says temporary, he means that the deployment ends November 8th, the day after the mid-term elections.

All in all, this is just another example of how this administration is the "Duct Tape Administration." Anytime substantial legislation is needed to solve a problem, or the administration is getting hurt by an issue in the polls, they simply slap some PR brand duct tape on the crack and hope the American people get distracted by something else. Too often, it's worked.