Obama abandons Arizona, the border will be like no country for
old men  Along the Arizona/Mexican border, dozens of heavily
armed spotters man look out points on mountain peaks commanding
the shimmering, parched landscape below. They usually man these
posts for two weeks at a time, taking provisions with them to
last the entire 14 days. They are equipped with night vision
technology, powerful binoculars and high tech communications
able to keep them  in touch with command centers miles away.
But these aren't US military personnel or  law enforcement, they
are soldiers of powerful Mexican drug cartels, who own these
crossing points where vast amounts of drugs and human
traffickers stream  into the United States.   These spotters are
on the look out for the US border patrol who is tasked with
keeping these invaders out.  Hamstrung by the vast areas of
desolate country they have to patrol, as well as having to
respect environmentally sensitive areas which the cartels could
care less about, our forces are out ma