Rick Perry Slams Critics’ Claims He's "Militarizing" Border

by JASmius

Thank God somebody is:

Texas Governor Rick Perry has fired back at a Democratic congressman who said that Perry was "militarizing" the border by sending 1,000 National Guards troops to south Texas.

The Republican governor sent a scathing letter to Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX20 and brother to San Antonio Mayor and next Donk Great Brown Hope, Julian Castro), saying that he had misunderstood the role that the troops would play on the border in preventing crimes being committed by illegal immigrants, the Houston Chronicle reported.

"I recently read your remarks in the press regarding my decision to send up to 1,000 members of the Texas National Guard to enhance border security efforts currently underway along the Texas-Mexico border," Perry wrote. "Your comments indicated a basic misunderstanding about the very positive role the Guard will play in tackling the border security crisis."

Don't get defensive, Governor; Castro didn't "misunderstand" anything.  He deliberately mischaracterized it:

"We should be sending the Red Cross to the border not the National Guard to deal with this humanitarian crisis," Castro wrote. "The children fleeing violence in Central America are seeking out Border Patrol agents. They are not trying to evade them. Why send soldiers to confront these kids?"

"Militarizing our border is the wrong response to the arrival of children," Castro said. "I remain hopeful that our state can provide a more helpful response than to send armed soldiers to greet children seeking refuge from violence."

"Children blah blah blah kids blah blah blah children blah blah blah children blah blah blah."  Even though only one-fifth of this six-figure influx of pestilated illegals are "unaccompanied minors".  It's all a huge hand-waving distraction from the reality that the rest of the border that isn't being reinforced by Governor Perry is wide open for the other four-fifths to walk in, unopposed.  Just like Zack Taylor said.

If anything, Governor Susanna Martinez of New Mexico and Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona should be following Rick Perry's example.  After all, why should we all hang separately when we can all hang together?