Gov. Perry's Plan to Save the Border

Perry is said to have stated that he didn't care who went to protect the border, police or soldiers, as long as there were boots at the border... His people thought up a plan to save us from the violence of the cartels - and gave it a "great" name: "Operation Border Star Contingency Plan."

It is true that Mexico is in bad shape. We (as Americans) will continue to help its demise with all the illegal drugs we buy. Remember, they come from the cartels that are steadily blowing up Mexico.

Oh, one more thing.  Who thinks up these ridiculous names?

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Recent border violence tests spillover plan
February 21, 2009 - 11:15 PM
Jeremy Roebuck

As protests and gunfire erupted last week across Reynosa, Hidalgo County authorities stood prepared at the international bridges, ready for any possibility.

With mobile command units connected to statewide intelligence centers and dozens of officers armed to confront potential threats, law enforcement officials responded to Tuesday's violence like they never have before.

The incident prompted state officials to enact for the first time a border-wide emergency plan developed to address threats from Mexico's ongoing war against its entrenched drug cartels.

Dubbed the "Operation Border Star Contingency Plan," Gov. Rick Perry's office drafted the policy with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies last year to prepare for the possibility of violence spilling over into the United States.

"The most significant threat Texas faces is spillover violence from Mexico's drug cartels," Perry's homeland security director, Steve McCraw, told state senators at a hearing Wednesday. "You can never be too prepared."  more