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Message: <blockquote data-quote="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)" data-source="post: 777640" data-attributes="member: 12570">You want to use "weekend warriors" to defend our southern border?  I am not in favor of militarizing our southern border but, if it needs to be done, it should be done with fully trained active duty personnel augmented with guard and reservists, if needed.   bbsam brings up an excellent point.  Issues such as this don't matter to a lot of people until you start hitting their wallets/pocketbooks. I have stated many times that I have a disconnect on this issue as I am not directly affected by it. DS will back me up on this--the situation on our northern border is nothing like this.  The US/Canada border is one of the friendliest in the world.</blockquote>