Arizona: Border Security Gets More Help From Above-NOT

I don't think that planes in the air ever stopped anything or anyone. Troops stop things and people. It's a start, though. It would also help if they actually liberated parts of Arizona from the drug and human smugglers and cleaned up the garbage refuse and litter left by same on the trails and highways. ------lee

Silly comments from our Terrorist in Chief, Janet Napolitano to the contrary, six drones do not make a secure border, and our borders are less secure than ever.---rmg

Infantile comments from our Terrorist in Chief, Janet Napolitano to the contrary, six drones do not make a secure border, and our borders are less secure than ever.

From the New York Times
By MARC LACEY
Published: August 30, 2010

As National Guard troops began arriving in southern Arizona on Monday, Janet Napolitano, the homeland security secretary, said the boots on the ground would be assisted by more surveillance from the skies. Ms. Napolitano said that with the launching of a fourth Predator drone this week, the entire Southwest border from California to Texas would now be patrolled from above. Previously, drones were not approved by the Federal Aviation Administration for use in a stretch of West Texas. By the beginning of next year, the number of drones operating along the border should be up to six, providing “critical aerial surveillance assistance,” Ms. Napolitano said. “Numbers don’t lie,” she added, arguing that the border region, despite perceptions to the contrary, was more secure than ever.

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