Troops to the Mexican border?

Obama says he is considering it, but some how I doubt he will. Bush should have sent troops down to the border when he had a chance. The border issues is one of the most important issues today. As far as I'm concerned if Mexico doesn't put an end to all the drug trafficking and murders being committed in the US by their citizens we should send the troops into Mexico to take out all the drug cartels.

President Obama weighed in Wednesday on the escalating drug war on the U.S.-Mexico border, saying that he was looking at possibly deploying National Guard troops to contain the violence but ruled out any immediate military move.

"We're going to examine whether and if National Guard deployments would make sense and under what circumstances they would make sense," Obama said during an interview with journalists for regional papers, including a McClatchy reporter.

"I don't have a particular tipping point in mind," he said. "I think it's unacceptable if you've got drug gangs crossing our borders and killing U.S. citizens."

Already this year there have been 1,000 people killed in Mexico along the border, following 2008's death toll of 5,800, according to federal officials who credit Mexican President Felipe Calderon for a crackdown on drug cartels.