Hi I'm Wayne Allyn Root for Personal Liberty.
Memorial Day may be over, but we are reminded
of the sacrifices of our military heroes
by a high profile story in the news right
now. We have an explosive international incident
developing over the false imprisonment of
a U.S. Marine hero in Mexico. 
Remarkably, our President and Secretary of
State, as of this recording, have not even chosen to bring this issue
up with the President
of Mexico. 
I believe the United States has great leverage
in this situation--if we had a real leader
running this country, that's a gigantic 'if'. Unfortunately, we have the 
weak, feckless, neutered, bowing Barack
Hussein Obama. Our President doesn't understand
American exceptionalism, he doesn't believe in it. Our President
doesn't believe in the greatness of our
military and doesn't understand how to use them. He certainly doesn't understand what Donald Trump would call "the art of the
deal." It's time to explain the situation
to our southern neighbor and offer him a deal he can't refuse. This is the letter
a real leader would send
to the President of Mexico to rescue a true
American hero, who is languishing
in a filthy, dangerous Mexican jail under
false pretenses.
Dear President Enrique Pena Nieto:
Greetings from the United States of America--
you know, the great nation just above your
crime-ridden country, that has taken in millions
of your citizens and spent hundreds of billions
of dollars in welfare, food stamps, housing
allowances, healthcare, education, police
and prison costs, free meals at school, and
income tax credits for your ex-citizens. I think you owe it to
us to listen to what we have to say.
I write you today because you're holding one
of our citizens hostage in one of the hellholes
that you call a federal prison in Mexico. The citizen
you are holding is MY MARINE. His name is
Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi. He is an American
hero. During the four years he served in the
U.S. Marines, he did, not one, but two tours in Afghanistan.
While on the battlefield, he saved the lives
of eight Marines, and in
a separate incident he saved a Marine from
bleeding to death after that soldier lost
both legs from an IED explosion. This American
hero is now languishing in your prison in
Tijuana, Mexico.
What crime did he commit? Murder? Robbery? Kidnapping?
Drug smuggling? No, those are the
things that happen to law-abiding citizens every day
in your country. But Sgt. Tahmooressi
didn't do any of those bad things. He accidentally
drove across the border, in his own car with three legally
owned guns. That's his "crime," bad driving. 
This American hero entered your country because
of poor signage leading to your border outside
San Diego (and was possibly exacerbated because of his PTSD and was probably confused). 
So, as a result of that honest mistake, MY MARINE
has been under constant death threat from
Mexican drug gangs in your prison. Because
you can't control your own violent prisoners, in your own prisons,
MY MARINE has been isolated in a filthy prison
cell, chained to his bed for weeks. This is
called torture and it is a violation of his
civil (and human) rights.
I want to make sure you understand the gravity of this situation?
Your Mexican citizens enter our country illegally
and we let them live and work here. Our citizens
are kind-hearted enough to oppose deportation
of millions of your citizens for fear of breaking
up their families. We hire your citizens and
provide them with a better life than they
ever had in Mexico. They send money home to
Mexico that keeps your economy afloat. That
money comes from our taxpayers.
Even Mexican felons are treated better in
our prisons and our legal system than they are
in your country. That's why your citizens
are willing to die to escape to our country.
Let's discuss your military. This U.S.
Marine hero made a mistake wandering into
your country by mistake. But your military has purposely
wandered onto U.S. soil many times, which
is a violation of our laws. But we have chosen
not to arrest your soldiers. We've given
our Southern neighbors the benefit of the doubt. Is
this how you treat us in return?
Let's review the direct military aid we've
gifted to your country. Between 2008-2011,
the Department of Defense of this country gave almost $500 million
worth of equipment to Mexican security forces,
including planes, Blackhawk helicopters, and
scanners. Last year alone we trained over
3,000 Mexican troops. And all this money came from
U.S. taxpayers--like Sgt. Tahmooressi's
parents.
MY MARINE was armed with three firearms because
he has the Constitutional right to own and
possess those firearms in the United States
of America. I understand that your country
does not have those same rights. That's
too bad for you and your citizens. I've
noticed that even though you have disarmed
your citizens, gun violence is out of control
in Mexico. It's quite strange how in your "gun
free" country, there are incredible numbers
of gun murders. It appears that taking guns
away from law-abiding citizens has not worked
out very well for your disarmed law-abiding citizens.
I understand that you have "issues" keeping
your citizens from crossing over into our
country and keeping your drug lords from smuggling
drugs into our country. Until now, we have
never properly addressed those issues with
you. I think that time has come. But we will
deal with those issues at a later date. Right
now we have only one issue on the plate. Rest
assured, the future of American-Mexican relations
depend on the resolution of this issue.
I hope you will consider this a formal (but
friendly) request, as one neighbor to another.
As the Commander-In-Chief of Sgt Tahmooressi,
I'm giving you until 5 o'clock PM (Pacific
Daylight Time) tomorrow to return MY MARINE
(along with his truck and weapons) to the
U.S. border crossing in San Diego. 
I will have the appropriate U.S. officials
and military officers waiting there at precisely
5 PM to inspect the condition of MY MARINE
and to report his physical and mental condition
to me immediately. I expect him to be in perfect
health.
If you choose to disregard my simple and reasonable
"friendly" request, please be aware that I
have already ordered the United States Marine
Corps Commandant at Camp Pendleton to have
his 100,000 Marines "Stand To" and ready to
proceed into Mexico to retrieve MY MARINE.
One way or another MY MARINE is coming home.
Whether you send him home, or we have to come
get him. We leave no man behind.
If we are forced to retrieve Sgt.Tahmooressi
at great effort and expense to the U.S.
government, we will also send you a bill for the
$500 million or so we've spent on training
and equipment for your military since 2008.
I'll deal with the hundreds of billions
of dollars we've spent on housing your citizens
illegally in our country at a future
date--after this incident has been resolved
to my satisfaction.
 This is not a threat. THIS IS A PROMISE.
I pray, for your sake and for your citizens'
safety, that you choose to do the right thing
neighbor. But one thing is for sure--one way or another
MY MARINE is coming home by tomorrow at 5 PM.
Sincerely,
The President of the United States. Oh, and a quick
P.S. Semper Fi.
 
That is the message a real American President
would give to Mexico. Instead of bringing
our Marine home from Mexico, President Obama
chose a photo op on Memorial Day in Afghanistan. That's all
you need to know about Barack Hussein Obama.
I'm Wayne Allyn Root for Personal Liberty.
See you next week. God Bless America and that
heroic U.S. Marine chained to his bed in that
rotting hellhole of a Mexican prison. Let's
all pray for his swift release.
 
