Texas Fights Its Own Counter-Insurgency

From Rebellion:

Nov 18, 2010 (6 days ago)Texas fights its own counterinsurgencyfrom feed/http://lsrebellion.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default by Old Rebel


While DC fights losing wars to expand its empire into Iraq and Afghanistan, the people of the States are fighting invaders at home -- invaders who enjoy the support of the Federal government.



So Texas has to strike back on its own:





"I never thought that we’d be in this paramilitary type of engagement. It's a war on the border," said Captain Stacy Holland with the Texas Department of Public Safety.



Holland leads a fleet of 16 state-of-the-art helicopters that make up the aviation assets used by the Texas DPS to fight Mexican drug cartels.



In recent years, the cartels have become bolder and more ruthless.



They cross the border with AK-47s on their backs, wearing military camouflage. They recruit in prisons and schools on the American side. Spotters sit in duck blinds along the Rio Grande and call out the positions of the U.S. Border Patrol.



To combat the cartels, the Texas Department of Public Safety is launching a counterinsurgency.




Captain Holland has it right -- it's a war on the border.