Chertoff: 'Operational Control' of Border by 2013 (progress?)

Newsmax.com ^ | 7/19/07

[msnpatriot]

Construction on the wall already has begun in Arizona, Chertoff said. Washington aims to have "operational control" of the border by 2013 by building the 700-mile (1,120-km) wall along parts of the frontier and creating a "virtual fence" in desert areas with drones, sensors, cameras, satellite technology and vehicle barriers.

[msnpatriot]

If the curators of the 'virtual' fence system are not serious, the border could also be no more secure than it is now. He who controls the 'controls', controls the fence. And what is written here can convince a number of Americans 'they' listened to us! :^)

[johnny7]

Translation:

B U L L S H • T

[Greg F]

Yah, the physical fence is better in that sense. Actual hurdle regardless of attitude towards enforcement.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Will the last person in Mexico please turn the lights out?

[Greg F]

And, ah, we won World War II quicker than the 6 years he is saying is required to gain “operational control” (whatever that means) of our borders.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Note to GOP:

Get Chertoff off the television. Please. Immediately.

Get Condi Rice in front of the television.

Don’t let George Bush talk if he’s not going to pardon those Border Guards.

Who’s in charge over there???

[Farmer Dean]

5 years to wait for control of the border?Mike you are a worthless POS!

[Diogenesis]

"Let's promise a fence in 2013 or whatever. We will be LONG GONE."

[gunnyg]

THE Enema Within!

[Mad_as_heck]

I call BS too but I will say this: They are starting to pay lip service to doing some of the right things and that is progress of a sort.

Some of the outrage is beginning to penetrate the beltway bubble. We need to keep up the pressure and demand something concrete be done NOW.

[vietvet67]

Probably includes SBA loans to mexican ladder companies..

[dforest]

We are all SCREAMING and they never hear!

He makes me physically ill because I just have a gut feeling, that I know this fence will never be built. A date set for the future that will guarantee it will no longer be necessary to build a fence.

The lies go on...and...on......

[2ndDivisionVet]

Demand a border fence! Build it NOW!! Beef up the border patrol and close our borders!

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[M-cubed]

A simple 8’ fence would do just fine...U just have to have it backed up by sensor detonated claymores on our side... pointed south.....Plenty of warning signs in foreign languages...Ill design it for free...Could have it operational in 6 months...

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

2013???? For crying out loud! Turn the Army Corps of Engineers and the Navy Seabees loose on the border, and they will have it sealed in a month. Chertoff is a first class loser and needs to go!

[dmz]

I assume that operational control is a bit less than actual control.

[WesternPacific]

Operational Control probably means we build something and then offshore the management of it to, say a company from China or better yet Mexico.

[dforest]

That link almost caused me to hurl.

Unbelievable. Talk about racist.

[norton]

"I assume that operational control is a bit less than actual control."

Serious fines if you use the Diamond Lanes with fewer than fourteen passengers.

[bboop]

Chertoff darned well better be long gone by 2013! They should consult with some Israelis on that STUPID fence. Israel put theirs up in about 6 months, didn’t they?