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It was not an easy life and they had to be vigilant.\u00a0 They knew that they were being watched, so they could not leave their home unguarded.\u00a0 A trip to town meant one of them had to stay behind with a gun and stand watch.\u00a0 Some of their neighbors who had left their homes unguarded had been robbed.\u00a0 Others had been attacked, and some even killed.\u00a0 At times they could see the lookouts watching them, waiting for an opportunity.\u00a0 Fear was a key component of their lives. It was not an easy life.<\/p>\n

While this could be a description of many places, and many times, it is not some distant land, it is the United States.\u00a0 It is not a description of the early life on the frontier.\u00a0 The above description is the real life experience that many American citizens face in this country today. This is life for those who live near the border in Arizona<\/a>, and whose homes now lie within the paths used by the cartels that smuggle drugs and people into the country.<\/p>\n

They can see the lookouts for the cartels watching them.\u00a0 In theory they could call the police, but local law enforcement is ill equipped to deal with the cartels.\u00a0 So calling the police would only mark them for retribution by the cartels, and the cartels do not simply kill you, they make sure that you and your family suffer horribly as a warning to others.<\/p>\n

The Federal government certainly has the power and authority to deal with the cartels.\u00a0 But Washington is a long ways away, and the problem faced by these American citizens is far removed and easy to ignore.\u00a0 Besides, taking a strong stance against the cartels would mean effectively closing the border, and this immediately raises the issue of illegal immigrants, which many politicians support with talk of amnesty in order to get votes from the Hispanic community.\u00a0 Others are afraid to take any action for fear of losing Hispanics votes.\u00a0 While some do talk of building a fence and getting the boarder under control,\u00a0 so far the other two groups have successfully been able to block them.<\/p>\n

So the only real action that the Federal Government has taken, other than the crazy attempt to sell the cartels weapons<\/a>, which has already resulted in the numerous deaths, has been to mark off certain areas of the country as dangerous and post signs<\/a> that say in big red letters:<\/p>\n

DANGER \u2013 PUBLIC WARNING<\/span>
\n TRAVEL NOT RECOMMENDED<\/span><\/h2>\n

* Active Drug and Human Smuggling Area
\n* Visitors May Encounter Armed Criminals<\/p>\n

They have, in effect ceded those parts of America to the cartels.\u00a0\u00a0 This is all well and good if you live in Washington or elsewhere in America and will probably never go there anyway.\u00a0\u00a0 If you ever do take a vacation and happen to come across one of those areas, now you will know to turn around.\u00a0 But it is not so good if you happen to live in one of those areas.<\/p>\n

It is not as if these people chose to live in fear of the cartels.\u00a0\u00a0 These areas are not some unclaimed wilds.\u00a0 This is simply southern Arizona between the cities of Phoenix and Tucson. It was not all that long ago that these areas were just as safe as anywhere else in the country.<\/p>\n

But the politicians in Washington are sacrificing this and other areas of the country in order to pursue their own political self-interests. The longer they ignore the problem the bigger it will become. One of the main jobs of the Federal Government is to defend the country.\u00a0 Any politician of either party that does not demand immediate actions to defend these citizens from foreign invaders is failing to do their constitutional duty, and should be kicked out at the first opportunity.<\/p>\n

The idea that we have no-go areas in this country is an abomination that should not be allowed to stand.\u00a0 The very fact that the government has put up these signs is proof that they have failed in one of their most basic jobs.<\/p>\n

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