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Odd reasoning

10/12/01

To the editor, Arizona Daily Star

Gov. Jane Hull has just put our National Guard to use guarding our airports. I don't mind that; it may do some good there.

What I do mind is the fact that, for several years, I have repeatedly asked her, Rep. Jim Kolbe and Sen. John McCain to put the National Guard on our border with Mexico to assist the Border Patrol in protecting the sovereignty of this nation.

Their answer has always been no and for the same three reasons: Our military is not trained for law-enforcement duties, the Posse Comitatus Act prohibits its use for domestic activities, and its presence on the border would offend Mexico. (Boy, that last one really bothers me!)

In spite of this reasoning, it has suddenly become OK to use our National Guard to protect our airports. But our southern border, where thousands of illegal entrants pour across weekly, is still off-limits to them. Go figure!

Richard Humphries
Elfrida, AZ