http://investmentwatchblog.com/why-did-obama-shut-down-operation-phalanx-aerial-surveillance-leaving-the-usamerican-border-wide-open/
by Pamela Williams
Why would a President who cared about his Country, as one of his last acts, strike down a successful aerial surveillance program protecting a porous border from an invasion of foreign criminals?
That is exactly what President Obama has done to the United States. He recently terminated the successful aerial surveillance program, Operation Phalanx.
It has been successful, and it has assisted overloaded Border Agents in their difficult fight to keep criminals out of this Country.
Some people believe the move to terminate the project is in line with the Obama administration’s lackadaisical approach to illegal immigration and serves to underscore attempts by the administration to make the transition more difficult for the President-elect. In February 2016, the Obama administration cut funding to Operation Phalanx by 50 percent even though the project had been fully funded by Congress and was by all accounts, demonstrably successful.
That is the problem the program was really working to keep criminals from crossing the border, and Obama’s goal is to have this Country overflowing with immigrants before he leaves office. In my opinion Obama is committing treason to shut this program down, because there is no excuse but an outright malicious one…bottom line in my book.
He is opening up a door that could cost our border agents their lives. The agents have made it clear they need all the help they can get. They endorsed Donald Trump as President, and now it stands to reason why they did.
President Barack Obama established Operation Phalanx in July 2010 via executive order. The Army National Guard was authorized to provide up to 1,200 soldiers and airmen along the 1,933-mile southwest border to support U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a DHS agency.
Using advanced UH-72 helicopters, Phalanx flight crews generally consist of three National Guardsmen — two pilots and a sensor operator — and one Border Patrol agent.
Southwest border states of Texas, California, Arizona and New Mexico provided the bulk of Phalanx personnel from their local Guard units.
In addition to Texas National Guard manpower and resources dedicated to Operation Phalanx, the Lone Star State has committed nearly $1.7 billion in taxpayer funds to border enforcement since 2005.
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to appoint more robust leadership at DHS, so Operation Phalanx could be back in business by January.
President Barack Obama established Operation Phalanx in July 2010 via executive order. The Army National Guard was authorized to provide up to 1,200 soldiers and airmen along the 1,933-mile southwest border to support U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a DHS agency.
Using advanced UH-72 helicopters, Phalanx flight crews generally consist of three National Guardsmen — two pilots and a sensor operator — and one Border Patrol agent.
Southwest border states of Texas, California, Arizona and New Mexico provided the bulk of Phalanx personnel from their local Guard units.
In addition to Texas National Guard manpower and resources dedicated to Operation Phalanx, the Lone Star State has committed nearly $1.7 billion in taxpayer funds to border enforcement since 2005.
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to appoint more robust leadership at DHS, so Operation Phalanx could be back in business by January.
Realist - Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.
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