Pubdate: Sun, 09 Jun 2002 Source: The Monitor (TX) Copyright: 2002 The Monitor Contact: http://www.themonitor.com Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1250 Author: Jack Ayoub TIME TO PUT THE U.S. MILITARY ON THE BORDERS To the editor: According to Congressman Tom Tancredo, last year there were 23 unauthorized crossings across the U.S. border by Mexican military personnel or law enforcement officers along the Arizona border that is increasingly frequented by drug and alien smugglers. If this great country cannot stop three million illegal immigrants from crossing the American border each year, or stop tons of cocaine from being smuggled in, how are we going to stop the Taliban and al- Qaida terrorists with shoulder-carried surface-to-air missiles, dirty bombs or atomic suitcase bombs from crossing our borders? It is time to militarize our borders and coasts or suffer the nuclear consequences. Jack Ayoub, Harlingen - --- MAP posted-by: Terry Liittschwager