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"President Trump will sign the border security compromise package on Capitol Hill to avert another government shutdown and will take the extraordinary step of declaring a national emergency to obtain funding for the border wall, the White House announced Thursday."
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(Score: 1, Flamebait) by Runaway1956 on Friday February 15 2019, @03:56PM (4 children)
There are zero experts in DHS, ICE, or in the progressive party. Zero. Just like the Roman Legions, if I am tasked with defending an area, the first thing I want to do, is to erect a barrier, with fighting positions on the barrier. Virtually all armies have done the same ever since Rome. Virtually all armies (except French armies) know that the wall isn't the entire answer - you also extend your presence beyond the walls. But, doing so in this case would be an act of war, a de facto declaration of war on Mexico. So, we build the wall, because we're nice guys. We don't really want a war with Mexico, so we build the wall.
Of course, if Mexico knocks hard enough on the wall, we would be obliged to give them a war.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 15 2019, @04:03PM
Wheels don't work either unless there is someone to turn it.
(Score: 2) by urza9814 on Friday February 15 2019, @04:31PM (2 children)
So all armies build walls when they go to war, but we don't want war, so we're going to act like we're at war and build a wall?
What the fuck are you smoking and where can I get some because that stuff must be GREAT....
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday February 15 2019, @04:41PM (1 child)
No, you can't have any. I'm Bogarding my stash.
The idea is walls keep criminals out of places you don't want criminals. Put the wall up, and MS13 will have to work a whole lot harder to get in. If we put some armed guards behind the wall, they'll have to work even harder. And, if they do work that hard, then we can defend ourselves more actively by sending troops to the other side of the wall. Remember Pancho? No, not that skinny kid mowing your lawn - I mean Pancho Villa.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @06:40AM
MS-13 is a US-based gang, so I don’t think a wall is going to help. But thanks for the thought.