BUSH DID IT!

Finally, President George W. Bush, did something right. Clemency was granted to Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. Finally true justice has shown a feeble face on this matter.

Ramos and Compean were charged and imprisoned for follow the policies of the Federal Agency they had worked for, the U.S. Border Patrol. A major public outcry of support for these two fine federal officers who were charged for defending themselves and attempting to prevent a known Mexican illegal drug trafficker from firing on them and fleeing the scene of a crime. Ramos and Compean endured the worst possible treatment in prison to the point of being beaten by prisoners.

The bad guy, Osvaldo Adrete Davila, is a cushy sentence in a white collar, minimum security facility in Fort Worth, Texas.

Now, to the guts of the matter. It is suggested that Sr. Davila was playing double agent. It has been suggested that Davila was in fact a narcotics officer for the Mexican government or at the very least a paid informant for U.S. drug interdiction task forces. Davila was allowed to act as a Coyote bringing illegals across the border as well as the occasional small delivery of drugs to supplement his income. While the agencies he was working with turned their heads. Apparently Ramos and Compean didn’t know of this arrangement and performed their jobs as they were trained.

Well in order to keep up appearances, a scapegoat or scapegoats were needed. How dare two law abiding Border Patrol Agents uphold our laws. How dare they intercede with a possible agent of a multi-national drug task force; even if one of the agents was a little too into his work. And if Davila truly is a bad guy, why isn’t he in a cell with Noriega. Why aren’t we playing Texas Holdem with a noose around his neck. Why is Davila in a country club while Ramos and Compean were put in general population in prison, to be tortured, harassed and nearly killed, by the very people they were protecting us from.

Not only should Ramos and Compean have their sentences commuted, they should be given a full pardon, they should be reinstated with honors, and they and their families should be compensated for the hardships they’ve endured for the last four years.

What are your thoughts?