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DRUDGE Report: Arnold says no to troops on border…

Matt Drudge is reporting - Arnold Schwarzenegger - who as a child in cold war post WW2 Austria knows more about troops on the border than half of congress - he like most children of the cold war europe.

They have seen from a generation before them; first hand what it means to have troops on a border and walls. It is so ironic that American Congressmen are planning to build a wall and put up troops.

For what? So some day Fidel or Chavez can stand on the other side in Tijauana and scream "MR. Bush- tear down that wall…" it will be more than just the image of troops that is bad it will be the thought that a land of Immigrants will be putting up walls and saying NBo more- we are closed- you are not wanted.

This issue is going to strain many ties and points of view- troops- on the border or minutemen oir even a wall are not the answers- real reform of immgration laws is what is needed. Arnold is right…
MATT DRUDGE:

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has come out against putting National Guard troops on the border, as President Bush will suggest on Monday night in a nationally televised speech. Read more »