Two National Guard soldiers were shot yesterday, and the suspect is in custody. Apparently, he secured a green card as part of an asylum program. The news is so bad that, even on Thanksgiving Day, our government has told the world that the United States will re-examine asylum seekers and the green card program. They’re only doing it to save face.
It’s my humble opinion that we should have never let anyone in on asylum at all. Why is it our job to protect people from other countries? The answer to that is quite simple: it is not our job at all! I have no problem with the suspect shooting the soldiers. I am not angry with him for doing it, if he indeed did it.
Yes, you can make the argument that if they die, he will be a murderer and murder is wrong. Under normal circumstances, I’d say that, but let’s be honest here: when you join the US military, you have a target on your back and you can pretty much expect, or should expect, to be shot at some point or another. A dying soldier is nothing to celebrate of course, but neither is it appropriate to mourn those who got what they surely expected to happen.
Even though I’m not upset with the suspect for doing what he had to do, I am disappointed in the government for allowing asylum-seekers in our country to begin with. If they die, their blood is on the hands of the immigration and asylum system, not on the hands of the guy who allegedly did it.