A cartel scout’s campsite can be seen below a tree on the Mexican side of the border wall near Naco in Cochise County, Ariz., on Dec. 6, 2021. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
Austin Bay is a colonel (ret.) in the U.S. Army Reserve, author, syndicated columnist, and teacher of strategy and strategic theory at the University of Texas–Austin. His latest book is “Cocktails from Hell: Five Wars Shaping the 21st Century.”