Something to bash on

[Occhidiangela]

Since you poked the camel's nose into this tent, and I'd rather discuss the Mexican border problem than yet another thread on pedophiles...

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My view in our current border dispute is that we should make it as near impossible to cross as we can,

OK, so we are back to the two divisions deployed to the border, as I described in that "Wall thread" with an RoE of shoot to kill, observed mine fields, a full spectrum reconnaisance and surveillance regimen, and selected free fire zones in a full combined arms effort. That answers your requirement. It of course raises its own problems. Getting political support for that might be as easy as, or much harder than, getting the Irish up in a lot of America over Iraq.

The political will is absent in Washington, and various state capitals, partly due to how repugnant it would be in the board rooms of various concerns, large and small, that an easily exploited labor market would dry up. I also imagine that the public was more easily swayed to go "way over there" and kill foreigners than it would be to "go down the street and kill somewhat irritating neighbors."

Follow the money, and "all politics is local."

Then, consider that the border is one of many avenues of entry. The ports on all three of our coasts, and the airports where the farcical security regimen has devolved into petty harasment.

What you want, kandrathe, when you consider a holistic solution set, is creepiong federalism and federal control of all ports, the border, and airports. And who knows what else?

Seems an odd position, for a Libertarian. :o

Occhi