President Bush on Wednesday showcased his request for $500 million in U.S. military assistance to help Mexico combat murderous drug cartels in a bid to build congressional support for the more contentious part of his spending package — the latest multibillion dollar request for emergency war spending in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Bush crafted plans for the U.S. military assistance to Mexico at a meeting with Mexican President Felipe Calderon 14 months ago and sketched details last October, including money for military equipment such as helicopters, training and assistance in combating corruption in the criminal justice system.
I don’t get it. The President has been dragging his feet on building the fence on our Southern border. But he’s all for improving Mexico’s security.
The full package has money for Mexico to bolster their border security, their southern border. I don’t know if any of this money is for that or just for general security. Either way I’m skeptical given the corruption down there that this money will do any good in Mexico.
In the United States this creates a large problem. First of all why are we worried about Mexico’s security while ignoring our own? Secondly he’s added this to the emergency war funding bill. Is there a better way to make that bill more controversial. We on the right didn’t like it when the Democrats piled a lot of garbage on previous bills like this. Why should we accept it now. Besides this armed forces need this money. If it makes it any harder to pass this funding then the administration has done something seriously wrong.
Where’s the fence?