Arizona Now Has ‘Whopping 30’ National Guard Troops and 15 Billboard Signs Warning Citizens About Drug Cartels Operating on Public Lands

I've always thought that I had some modicum of common sense and have believed that the majority of the US citizens do also. My question now is, how did all of us reasonably intelligent people elect someone to the Presidency with so little in common with the majority. Obama and his appointees have decided to put up signs and sue the State of Arizona to correct a major problem on our borders.

Common sense says to send as many troops and law enforcement personnel as possible to rid the area of the cartels and secure the border. In addition, the Federal Government should give the States all the support they need to defend the laws. But, then again, maybe my "common sense" neurons aren't working so well at my age.

Excerpt: Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu said requests by Arizona law enforcement personnel and Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) for 3,000 National Guard troops along the state’s border with Mexico have been answered so far with 1 percent of that number deployed there this week.

“We have a whopping 30 [National Guard troops] this week that are showing up,” Babeu told CNSNews.com. “It’s less than a half-hearted measure designed to fail.”

But the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has placed 15 signs along a 60-mile stretch of Interstate 8 that links San Diego with Phoenix and Tucson warning travelers of drug cartels and human trafficking operations.

“DANGER – PUBLIC WARNING, TRAVEL NOT RECOMMENDED,” read the signs placed along Interstate 8. “Visitors May Encounter Armed Criminals and Smuggling Vehicles Traveling at High Rates of Speed. Stay Away From Trash, Clothing, Backpacks, and Abandoned Vehicles.”

“BLM Encourages Visitors To Use Public Land North of Interstate 8,” the signs say.

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