Staff Reports
In today’s world, where it seems politics has hit quite the melodramatic and fevered pitch, one would think it couldn’t get any worse. Yet, apparently, it can. Stuart Kaplan, a former FBI special agent, voices the concern that the rhetoric from current politicians is hotter than a jalapeño at a Tex-Mex fiesta. It seems our country isn’t just navigating turbulent political seas; it’s teetering on the edge of a full-blown swamp of dangerous rhetoric.
What’s got everyone’s feathers particularly ruffled this time is the audacity and horror of a recent incident involving an attacker who targeted our brave National Guardsmen. These aren’t street crimes. This is an event that underscores the perils of what can happen when our borders are treated like open-door policies at a college frat party. It’s a grim reminder that national security isn’t just a chapter in a textbook but a pressing and precarious situation.
Kaplan and many others believe that President Donald Trump and his administration had a handle on the border situation, with firm plans to rectify it and ensure safety. However, the current administration, whether through oversight or intention, has apparently let chaos slip through the cracks. The attacker, who overstayed his welcome like a relative that doesn’t know when to go home, is a sign that we’ve ignored our visitor’s visas at our own peril.
What’s more troubling is not just the attack itself but the slippery and somewhat suspicious pathway that allowed the attacker to get a hold of a weapon. Kaplan raises the alarm about the immediate need to root out any accomplices this individual may have had. It’s not enough to merely act shocked after the fact; we need active measures and accountability to ensure such calamities are stamped out.
In a world where we’re constantly told to be kind and open, it’s clear we need to get savvy and serious. We need to pull up our bootstraps and secure our borders with every bit of resolve we can muster. The idea is not to alienate but to protect our citizens from those that would exploit our hospitality and threaten our safety. National security is not a drill, and it’s high time we stop treating it like one.
