New Training Ground

Bush said the federal government will pay for up to 6,000 National Guard troops to be deployed to the southern border. They will serve in two-week rotations, meaning that over the course of a year a total of 156,000 troops could be involved. He said Guard units will not be involved in direct law enforcement activities; that duty will be performed by the Border Patrol. Guard units will work in support positions.

I can't see this deployment of Guard personnel doing the slightest bit of good on the Mexican border- the whole idea seems like a hopelessly stupid compromise guaranteed to please no one. Until you consider the fact that the arid Mexican desert makes a decent training ground for combat in places like Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan.
Then it makes sense.
Two weeks along the Rio Grande and then , whoosh , off to Baghdad.

It's scary that the Guard is just being sent 'temporarily' until the Border Patrol is increased and trained enough to stand on it's own.

Where have we heard language like that before?

Maybe from this propaganda article?