Why Are Iraqi Soldiers Now "Missing" in U.S.?

By Michael Cutler

Our government often creates some of our nation's biggest headaches including where the critical issue of national security is concerned. We have all read accounts of the "Zetas", heavily armed paramilitary soldiers who are employed by the Mexican drug trafficking organizations who had been trained by our own military and DEA officials. They had been armed and trained by our government with the hope that they would assist our nation in combating drug and alien smuggling along the incredibly dangerous border the United States shares with Mexico. Of course they have turned on us and now, using the tactics that our government taught them, pose a serious threat to our citizens, Border Patrol agents and other members of the law enforcement community.

Now we are being told, in this article, that Iraqi soldiers who were brought to our country for training have gone "missing" in the United States!

This is an extremely serious situation for a number of reasons. First of all, these soldiers are apparently needed by the Iraqi government to create an effective military force to stabilize that nation. Soldiers who seek asylum or go missing in American are obviously not going to help Iraq. Of even greater concern is the fact that hundreds of such soldiers who have gone missing may pose a threat to our nation's security. These people are soldiers. They have received training into military tactics, intelligence and weaponry by our people so they understand how we operated. (Sounds similar to the Zeta fiasco, doesn't it?). Didn't the federal officials responsible for the Iraqi soldiers recall the words of the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that "there are elements of the Iraqi police and elements of Iraqi Army that are infiltrated" by terrorist elements?

The apparent failures of the vetting process concerning these soldiers sound reminiscent of the lunacy concerning how Nada Prouty, the alien who acquired United States citizenship by committing fraud went on to become an FBI special agent and then got a job at the CIA where she was able to access computer databases relating to Hezbollah.

The article also makes it clear that our government may not even know how many of these soldiers have "gone to ground" seeking to hide in the United States. The fact that special agents of ICE, the FBI and other agencies are now seeking these soldiers is not all that reassuring because ICE is so terribly understaffed you have to wonder how many agents will actually be involved. ICE has about 4,000 special agents for the entire country and are therefore woefully understaffed.

This article once again drives home the point that while our porous borders are an areas of grave concern, the borders are not the only area of vulnerability. The immigration system is dysfunctional and imperil our safety and the survival of our nation on a daily basis.

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