Guys check out the wikipedia articles about LAPD chief Darryl Gates and some mass gangbanger roundups that were done in the 1980s.

LAPD operation hammer in 1987, and then apparently some major roundup of gangbangers in 1984 just prior to the Olympics. Thing is, the targets were the sorts of people we would likely have targeted too under similar circumstances.

I am all about freedom too, but when some quasi-tribal group stakes out turf where they can carry out streetcorner executions on those who refuse to buy or sell their dope, well, guess it's time to gather up some forces and roll in hard.

I think these deployments would have to be looked at on a case by case basis since I have the strong impression that some of it involves border watching and illegal alien sweeps in some of the border towns where a lot of conservative types have been asking for that kind of thing.

We are going to inevitably reach the point of the Mexican thing spilling over on a not so concealable scale in parts of the USA, so using the military may just become a part of the reality on some of this. I think we may just have to come up with some operational protocols for dealing with it on a case by case basis, again, since I have absolutely no intent to act as a fifth column on behalf of any particular dope cartel.

My support for Mexican immigration will not go much beyond helping financially support the occasional taco truck or authentic Mexican burrito dive when I am on a budget and want a decently filling meal. I would bitch about it getting shut down and not personally be ratting off every gardener I see, but I am not going to be sniping cops or build IEDs for them by a long shot.