National security crisis from Texas

The occupant of the Oval Office has refused to enforce border security laws and has created a national security crisis while thousands have poured over the border of states like Texas. The "president" himself creating the problem now claims it is a humanitarian crisis because children are coming across without their parents. This is not even a veiled attempt to force Congress to accept his amnesty proposal to give these illegals citizenship and put them on the public dole, forever indebted to the Democratic Party. Notwithstanding, Texas Republican governor Rick Perry told Fox News that the White House is allowing record numbers of terrorists from the Middle East across the border.

Perry said, "We have record high numbers of other than Mexicans being apprehended at the border. These are people that are coming from states like Syria that have substantial connections back to terrorist regimes and terrorist operations. So we're seeing record, historic high numbers of these individuals being apprehended...We flagged this issue in 2012 and have yet to even have a response as far as I know, not from the president, but not even from his administration." Perry fired a political shot the "president,", saying he "is totally and absolutely either inept or making some decisions that are not in the best interest of American citizens, particularly from a public safety standpoint." 

While I appreciate what governor Perry is saying, we have to keep in mind that he is seriously considering running for president in 2016. It is highly understandable that Perry would like to make some political hay while the sun is shining. But for some resident's of Texas who normally are stalwart supporters of Perry, his grandstanding is having the opposite impact. One such person asked: "Why aren't our Governors in border states addressing the problem with our state constitutional rights?! Especially Perry who is considering another run for President! If he cannot address and enforce it on a state level, would he do any better on a national level?"

The point is that we do have a Constitution that enumerates state's rights. And if the law-breaking president refuses to enforce the law, then the governor should protect the rights and security of those who elected him. Perry needs to stop pointing fingers at a corrupt criminal president and put his words into actions. The United States is in deep trouble financially, morally, and internationally. We are faced with a character crisis in our leadership. Perry and his colleagues on the border do well to point out the evil befalling their states and the nation. But it gets old when in reality they have the authority to be Romans 12:21 leaders: "Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good." Perry can set the example now of the type of president he would be in the future.