Posted on 07/23/2015 2:23:03 PM PDT by markomalley
But the bigger question is: if Hungary can do such a thing, why has the US never managed to do so? Here's the other thing, the picture (AFP Copyright, else I'd post it) shows they have soldiers building the fence....what a concept!
Good for Hungary.
Good for them. Apparently Israel and Hungary are smarter than most
Fences usually have gates. The truly needy will enter through the gate while the others are kept out by the fence.
wait for it ....
soon ....
almost here ....
ISLAM !!!
The excuse I generally get, even from some family members, is that “Hungary has a relatively short border with Serbia but our border with Mexico is thousands of miles long.”
So logically vapid I hardly know where to start.
If they really want it to work, they will have soldiers manning the fence, too. With loaded rifles.
I’m glad to hear that Hungary is doing this.
I was on a river cruise, and spent a few days in Budapest. Hungary has had it’s ups and downs, being a major player in the Austro-Hungarian empire, but also being a minor Central European backwater.
That said, one of the things I noticed was that they maintained their traditions. St. Stephen is the hero who Hungary looks to as the primal religious/military organizer of the country... or at least that’s what it looks like to a tourist. I think he dates back to the 10th century although according to Gibbon, the pagan Magyars moved in from Asia some centuries before.
Meanwhile, here in the USA, our cultural and political elites are doing their very best to denigrate and effectively eliminate the Founding Fathers and patriots of the 18th century, to make us rootless. And, in the name of modernity, and perhaps Common Core, many are buying into that. “Dead White Men.” St. Stephen has been gone for 1100 years, and they still honor him in Hungary.
The Us Border agency: as of 2013
larger than it’s ever been over 58,000 personnel
spends $4 billion yearly protecting the southwestern border 16,875 vehicles
269 aircraft
300 watercraft
300 camera towers
uses aerial drones to enhance the scrutiny.
Estimates from Customs and Border Protection suggest a cost of more than $22.4 billion to build a fence along the entire southwestern border,
To truly “close” the border would require the equivalent of a 1,969-mile fence or like the Berlin Wall.
Smuggling illegal aliens $6.6 billion industry for Mexican gangs
90 percent of illegal aliens pay “coyotes” to sneak them across
Rates range from $3,000 to $30,000 for transport
without paid assistance risks being beaten or shot
http://theweek.com/articles/466628/what-take-secure-usmexico-border
the equivalent of a 1,969-mile fence would be needed for our border
But split that in half and let Mexico pay the other part then it’s not so big after all.
Good idea.
The map is five years old...and the “flood “ has been going on now for that and more...maybe there’s another more current map
I remember when RWR’s SDI was ridiculed no end as can’t be done
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