re: #14 Rightwingconspirator

Substantially. denials after an apology… border tensions. And we still have this..

Credibility? Border patrol beats proven corrupt Mexican officialdom. When physical evidence shows otherwise or the troopers back off the accusations-Then we have substance. Not the first time they drew weapons on our guys either.

LA Times, not exactly Brietbart…

And we still have partisan angst distorting every violent encounter down there between them and our troops or civilians. The right plays it up the left down plays it, and they are both prevaricating with gusto. in the meantime the cartel violence and casualties from poor policies in both nations continues apace.

If the denials are accurate what convinced our agents (trained in observation etc) that they were fired on by Mexican military or police?

And all the allegations of the US Border patrol “shooting with impunity” don’t change that a bit except to perhaps indicate tensions are so high now both sides are taking pot shots.

LAT again-

Mistakes happen once…. Continuing incidents indicate something more critical than a simple navigation and rules of engagement “mistake”

Duncan Hunter is a racist anti-immigration activist. Nonetheless, yes, there are many many crossings of the border by lots of folks in uniform. What is your concern, exactly? Do you think a shooting war is going to break out between the US and Mexico? That’s hair-on-fire Duncan Hunter style hyperbole.

Also, why did those who claim they were shot at not inform those taking over the next shift? Perhaps you are more concerned about the incident than the guys who were shot at.

Your post at the top says this:

At worst? You be the judge.

Your last comment at the bottom says this:

Mistakes happen once…. Continuing incidents indicate something more critical than a simple navigation and rules of engagement “mistake”

You are implying awful things are happening or going to happen, but not spelling out what awful things exactly.

Honestly, I am more concerned about the justified reaction from Mexicans to having US Border Patrol shoot their kids IN MEXICO from the US side. As of yesterday, those parents have some recourse.