More forces at border needed

The violence and bloodshed on our southern border is skyrocketing out of control! Last year alone, there were 7,000 murders committed that were in some way connected to the “drug war” that has spilled into our country. Lawyers, judges, cops, politicians, as well as many innocent civilians have lost their lives in this deadly conflict.

Pardon the brutality in what I’m about to say: Corpses are being found with no heads, and often no hands, at various body dumpsites across Mexico. Wasn’t it in Iraq, about three years ago, when al-Zawahiri and his maniacs were beheading people?

Let me tell you something — we need to recruit, train and deploy more border forces. We must increase the amount of these troops by at least 10 percent. And this alone won’t get the job done. Mexico has to join the fight. The only way to ease the tensions and restore order is for us from the north and Mexico from the south to sandwich these ruthless scumbags between us.

I realize that this is kind of extreme and drastic, but do you have a better idea?

Chris Brown

Mount Vernon