Pubdate: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 Source: Albany Herald, The (GA) Copyright: 2010 The Albany Herald Publishing Company, Inc. Contact: http://www.albanyherald.net/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1747 Author: Lake Adams TROOPS SHOULD BE STATIONED ON BORDER Some people might think I'm wrong, but so be it. I think we should bring our troops home from Afghanistan immediately. Then, I think we should use these same troops to protect the southern border of the United States to keep the illegal Mexicans and drug cartels and possibly terrorists from coming into the United States. If the people of the United States don't stand up for themselves, we will lose this country. As far as Afghanistan is concerned, this war is being fought the same as Vietnam and we did not win that war. I know this because I served there from July 1, 1966, until July 1967. The only thing we accomplished was the loss of 52,000 good men. If Congress and the Senate can declare war against the Mexican drug cartels, I think they should. If they can't, they should move as many military bases as they can up all along every mile of the Mexican border and then dare anybody to cross over. If this doesn't solve the problem, I'm asking the people what is it going to take for the people to stand up and realize what is going on. I'm tired of all the soft-hearted liberals promising everything and delivering nothing. I know Obama will not do anything against Mexicans, legal or illegal, because he needs their votes, legal or illegal. Lake Adams Pelham - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake