EDITORIAL: Murder on the border
Americans are dying because of White House inaction

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Tuesday, December 28, 2010


Brian Terry died for President Obama’s sins. Mr. Terry, a U.S. Border Patrol agent, was killed during operations against bandits near the southern Arizona town of Rio Rico, approximately 15 miles inside the U.S. border. Here and along other infiltration routes, gangsters prey on illegal aliens and drug smugglers or serve as private security forces for gangs engaged in illegal activities. Agent Terry was part of a four-man Border Patrol Tactical Unit sent to engage the bandits, and he was shot down in the resulting firefight.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano offered condolences to Mr. Terry’s family but met a sharp rejoinder from his father, Kent, who said, “You gotta wake your man up in the White House.â€