California Conservative

Janet Napolitano, the most inept DHS secretary thus far, is essentially throwing in the towel on securing the U.S.-Mexico border:

Napolitano spoke and answered questions at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on “Securing the Border: A Smarter Law Enforcement Approach,” on Wednesday.

When asked if she could give a timeline on when the border would be secured, Napolitano said, “The plain fact of the matter is the border is as secure now as it has ever been, but we know we can always do more. And that will always be the case.

“It’s a big border,” she said. “It’s 1,960 miles across that Southwest border. It’s some of the roughest, toughest geographical terrain in the world across that border. And so, the notion that you’re going to seal that border somehow is something that anybody who’s been involved in the actual doing of law enforcement, the front office work or the front line work of the law enforcement, would say, ‘You’re never going to totally seal that border.’”

Arizonans aren’t expecting it to be 100 percent sealed. I suspect that they’d be thrilled having the federal government go after the drug cartels that are waging war where killing, kidnapping and intimidating people, including law enforcement officials, is commonplace.

Apparently, it’s asking too much of Ms. Napolitano to aggressively go on the offensive against the drug cartels’ campaign of violence and intimidation. What’s particularly aggravating is that the Obama administration isn’t putting any sort of high priority on stopping the violence against Arizonans. Apparently, they think that fulfilling their responsibilities isn’t part of their job description. (more…)