Enter At Your Own Risk

U.S. military troops are having a hard time training in Arizona. Why? because while they’re testing weapons and trying to learn how NOT to get killed in Iraq, illegal immigrants are wandering onto the training grounds in their trek across the border.

Since July 2004, the training range has been shut down more than 500 times because of immigrants spotted on the range, causing a loss of more than 1,100 training hours, said Colonel James J. Cooney, the base’s commanding officer.

Just for the record, that’s a total of over 45 days spent dealing with a problem that could end up costing American lives.

And what happens if/when someone gets shot? Oh wait, I know the answer to this one. The soldier/airman/Marine will be brought up on charges. Vicente Fox will have a field day. I can’t wait to see the anti-military crowd with that. The way things are going, they’ll start saying the military shouldn’t train there because it’s dangerous for illegals crossing the border.

Then again, there’s something to be said for deterrence. Maybe what we really need is to just put bases all along the Mexican border, with signs saying “Military Units Training With Live Weapons: Enter At Your Own Risk”.

Hat Tip: What Heidi Says