Forwarded to me from another source. Regards, Straykat.

FOX NEWS NETWORK THE O'REILLY FACTOR April 4, 2000

O'REILLY: We've been doing a number of reports, as you know, on the border in Texas where Mexican soldiers came across and fired as U.S. Border Patrol Guards, and then a Marine in San Diego imprisoned for two weeks for really no reason at all. What do you make of that?

BUCHANAN: Well, what we’ve got is a virtual act of war. What I make of it is the Clinton administration is too cowardly or too frightened to deal with this as what it is, a very grave incident. Now, that one Marine, I saw him on your show last week…

O'REILLY: Sure.

BUCHANAN: You've got people walking in and shooting at your Border Patrol. They should have been disarmed, locked up. And the president of the United States demand and explanation from the president of Mexico.

O'REILLY: Well, nobody even said anything about it. President Clinton hasn't mentioned it. The State Department hasn't mentioned it. Luis Barca, the head patrol agent, says he let them go on his own volition, which I find very hard to believe. Do you?

BUCHANAN: Bill, I'll tell you what's most shameful is why is the national press not making this a very serious issue?

O'REILLY: I've given up on that one. Why didn't they cover the LaBella memo story on page one of the "L.A. Times" and "New York Times?" You didn't get any network coverage at all. You tell me. I don't know what's going on.

BUCHANAN: I don't know what's going on. But I'll tell you this, that border is a bleeding border now. Not only the people coming in the country and shooting at Americans, the violations of our border by the Mexican police and army, the drugs coming across that frontier, Mexico's refusal to deal with the illegal alien problem. Listen, if we want to protect some borders somewhere in the world, why …

O'REILLY: Would you put military on the borders if you were president, violating the Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo?

BUCHANAN: I would put American armed forces on the border to protect our country from, first, an illegal invasion of illegal aliens, and secondly from what is a serious threat to America's national security and the lives and hearts and souls of American children. That is cocaine and heroin and narcotics which are coming...

O'REILLY: All right, so you would violate the treaty then, or rescind the treaty or whatever, because there is a treaty that says that neither Mexico nor America can put troops on the border. Now why do you think President Clinton is so soft on Mexico? There's no question that he is. That's not in debate. Why is he so soft?

BUCHANAN: His NAFTA policy. He's got an enormous investment in that. He thinks it's a crown jewel of his legacy. And I don't think he wants to upset it. That's why he's remained silent, despite the fact that our NAFTA free trade partner is conspiring with Saudi Arabia and Iran to hold oil off the market to gauge American consumers, triple the price of oil, and double the price of gasoline. That's not free trade. Clinton hasn't said a word about it.

O'REILLY: No. Well, they made a mistake by not acting more swiftly, Mr. Buchanan. Didn't you hear that?

BUCHANAN: Well, they said they were asleep at the switch.

O'REILLY: Right.

BUCHANAN: But the point is, if Clinton stands up and gets tough with Mexico, people say, "Listen, did you make a mistake in trusting these fellows? They're really not the partner you said they were."

O'REILLY: You see, I don't think that he's paying attention to anything right now. I think that he's just raising money for Hillary and Al. And that's basically what he's doing, which is why the stock market is wobbling. Hey, Mr. Buchanan, any time you're in New York, please stop by THE FACTOR. We appreciate it.

BUCHANAN: OK, and it's Pat.

O'REILLY: Thank you.