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Why does the National Guard hate the president?

In the Rio Grande Valley, an area known for both blended cultures and intense U.S. patriotism, National Guard soldiers recently back from Afghanistan are taking stock of President Bush’s plan to use their ranks to patrol the Mexican border.

Bush has promised that 6,000 National Guard troops would help out to secure the border. The deployment would last two years, with no clear end date, according to a Pentagon memo obtained Friday by The Associated Press.
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“Today’s a last day for a very long time,” 24-year-old Spc. Joe Pena said, his companions nodding in shared relief on Friday when they marked the official end of their yearlong deployment. “We’re not looking to wear this uniform much longer.” Pena says he disagrees with having the National Guard patrolling the border.

“It’s not the right thing to patrol the border, ’cause that’s not what they’re for,” he said. “You’re taking people from high-stress areas; you’re putting them somewhere they don’t belong. People are going to be getting killed. It could be detrimental.”

I suggest courts-martial for this lot. Clearly they hate their country. And since they never served in uni…oh wait, never mind.