Impunity?

President George W. Bush on Monday granted early prison releases to two former U.S. Border Patrol agents who had been convicted for shooting a Mexican drug dealer. Their supposed "victim" is a Mexican national, Osvaldo Aldrete Davila. He was shot in the butt while trying to escape at the Texas border. He has admitted smuggling several hundred pounds of marijuana on the day he was shot and pleaded guilty last year to drug charges related to two other smuggling attempts.

Mexico, of course, complained about the sentence commutation. They never miss a chance to interfere in the affairs of the United States, even though they don't want us telling them what to do in Mexico. Their Deputy Secretary for Foreign Relations, Carlos Rico, admitted Mexican officials had lobbied against the release of the agents. Knowing how Bush was in bed with the banditos to the south of us, that's probably why there was no pardon.

"This is a message of impunity," Rico whined, "It's difficult to understand."

Impunity? Impunity, meaning exemption or freedom from punishment? Isn't that what you want for your hordes of lawbreakers violating our laws on a daily basis, Carlos?

What's difficult to understand is why you refuse to respect the territorial integrity of the United States of America. What's even more difficult to understand is why our presidents and congress who are sworn to protect America are complicit in helping you break our laws and they do so with impunity.