A few days ago, someone in Mexico predicted that the US would move troops from Iraq to the US-Mexico border.
Let me say that this Mexican is half right and half wrong.
Pres Obama is not moving any troops from Iraq. He will keep a large force there for a while. BO is going to be a huge disappointment for all of the "yes we can" screamers who thought that they were voting to end the US presence in Iraq.
Besides, BO needs another 20,000 troops for Afghanistan. As of today, there are no NATO allies volunteering to send any more troops.
It will be the US, Canada and the UK doing the fighting in Afghanistan again!
However, the US does have a border "surge plan" in place. The plan includes putting more armed forces on the border:
"Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, who described the contingency plan in an interview with The New York Times this week, said he ordered specific plans to be drawn up this summer as violence in Mexico continued to mount.
The plan includes federal homeland security agents helping local authorities and maybe even military assistance from the Department of Defense, possibly including aircraft, armored vehicles and special teams to go to areas overwhelmed with violence, authorities said.
Kudwa would not give specifics on the so-called "surge" plan, but said it does not create any new authorities."
Again, I don't see this plan being rolled out any time soon.
At the same time, who would have predicted so many deaths in Mexico last year?
