I am concerned that The Islamic State has real intentions of doing more harm here and we have a wide open border and the Mexican coyotes have a pretty damned good system in place for getting people and stuff into the country. For the right price they could get anything into the country they were asked to.http://news.msn.com/videos/?ap=True&...8-ff311cbf765c
I think our gov't should do it's best to protect us from those threats. Waging all out war and toppling and installing new regimes is not fiscally responsible. However, I do support preemptive strikes when we know something is going down. Originally Posted by boardman
CNN discussion/pundit suggested an estimate of "thousands" ISIS members with U.S. passports, and more with European passports. They don't need "coyotes." But ...
http://www.independentsentinel.com/5...-china-to-u-s/
"In August 2007 former Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell stated that not only have terrorists used the Southwest border to enter the United States but that they will inevitably continue to do so as long as it is an available possibility.
"In a July 2012 hearing before the full U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano confirmed that terrorists have crossed the Southwest border with the intent to harm the American people. Additionally, the U.S. Border Patrol regularly apprehends aliens from the 35 “special interest countries” designated by our intelligence community as countries that could export individuals that could bring harm to our country in the way of terrorism.”
"From Fiscal Years 2006 to 2011, there were 1,918 apprehensions of these special interest aliens at our Southwest border."