United States Border Patrol agents who are charged with providing security along the U.S. and Mexican border, are speaking out in anger over the fact that the uniforms they wear sport a “Made In Mexico” tag.

“To say that we are upset doesn’t really get to the heart of the matter,” stated U.S. Border Patrol agent Gonzalo Sanchez. “I mean how asinine is that? That would be like Ted Kennedy putting a ‘Sober & Loving It’ bumper sticker on his car. Or John McCain being forced to vote in favor of Republican causes.” 

Agent Sanchez’s statement got us thinking. We did a little digging around and discovered that this is in fact not the first case of national security or safety related irony (or is it?) in history.

We have provided other historical examples below:

• Custer’s troops all carried government issued “dream catchers” at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
• Due to a minor miscommunication that occurred while ordering supplies, Al Qaeda terrorists holed up in the caves of Afghanistan unwittingly ate a diet of Kosher food for over a month.
• In a misguided attempt to calm rioters after the Rodney King verdict, city officials handed out free “Rodney King Bobbleheads.”
• In one of the more serious occurrences, Paris Hilton’s STD results all came back reading (a false) “negative”.

In other news, a new German poll shows David Hasselhof’s approval rating has slipped 25 points to  69%. Meanwhile, Tony Danza continues his meteoric rise in popularity in Deutschland as he climbs 23 points to 67%. 

Thanks to California Conservative, The Political Teen, OTB, Basil.

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