Op-ed:

History repeats itself courtesy of Barack HUSSEIN Obama

By: Diane Sori

 

Well it’s happened again...another U.S. Border Patrol agent was killed. 

But first remember back to the 2008 election campaign when Barack HUSSEIN Obama pledged to secure our borders. He said that would mean "additional personnel, infrastructure and technology on the border and at our ports of entry.” 

 

Yet four years later, our borders are NO more secure than they were four years ago as witnessed yesterday morning when Border Patrol Agent Nicolas Ivie was killed while patrolling on horseback near the Arizona patrol station named after Brian Terry...Brian Terry, the agent killed on duty in 2010...Brian Terry, the agent whose death fueled the ‘Fast and Furious’ scandal.  Brian Terry, the agent whose death still raises unanswered questions. And Agent Ivie was killed in an area of south Arizona, close to the border, known for being a major drug-smuggling corridor as was Brian Terry.  

Eerily familiar like ghosts coming back to haunt.

"This shooting is a tragic reminder of the dangers the brave men and women who guard our borders face every day" said Rep. Darrell Issa who led the investigation into Agent Terry’s death, and who succeeded in getting a Contempt of Congress charge and conviction against Attorney General Eric for lying under oath and withholding information in the ‘gunwalking’ debacle that resulted in Agent Terry’s death.

What’s even more unsettling about this happening yet again is that while Barack HUSSEIN Obama sends over one billion of our taxpayer dollars overseas to protect the governments (even muslim brotherhood headed governments) of those out to kill us, our own southern border remains unsecured.  And here’s something even more unsettling...slightly less than half of our southwest border meets Homeland Security's border security standard of under "operational control.”

Only 44%% of the 2,000+-mile southwest border is under "operational control,” meaning the level of border security provided through the number of border patrol agents, fencing and detection technology (including heat sensors and drones) is less than half of what it should be.

And while another 37% of the border is monitored, allowing a chance of detecting crossings, this monitoring is basically useless, because the Border Patrol isn't able to respond due to obstacles such as lack of transportation access or difficult terrain. 

Bottom line is that 56%, more than half, of our southern border is nothing but a free-for-all, easy pickings for those coming into our country ILLEGALLY.

And all Obama’s bloviatings about how his border policies have increased captures and returns is for all intents and purposes NOT true, for it's NOT about how many people the Border Patrol catch, but about how many of those that attempt to cross our border are NOT caught.

Until our borders are sealed, completely sealed, deaths will continue to happen as those coming here ILLEAGALLY will do anything to get here...even kill those that stand in their way.

Brian Terry's family issued this statement upon hearing the news of Agent Ivie’s death, "We hope that those responsible for this shooting are brought to justice swiftly. The fact that the agents involved in this shooting were assigned to the recently dedicated Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station in Naco, Ariz., gives us pause to reflect on the life lost and the continued task of keeping our nation safe."

Sadly, as we reflect on those agents lost, the reality is that under an Obama administration those deaths will be in vain and our borders will remain unsecured, because America’s security is NOT in Barack HUSSEIN’S agenda...never was and never will be.

As always, November 6^th can’t come soon enough for me.