I agree...they will keep trying and escalating. No question.
We all know the solution to the drug problem involves the Marine corps. Eventually it will come to that. But can you HONESTLY deny that the fence would make a SIGNIFICANT impact in illegals coming here, gutting the DEM power base or greatly reducing the drug traffic?
Subs...true. They can put the ammount of coke on a sub that crosses the border in 2 days on foot...it takes a month turnaround time. In that month the fence has stopped a monsterous amount of drugs and how many subs do they have? 2? 3? Tops? And we already found 2.
Now divert the financial resources spent chasing ghosts across the expanse of no mans land to the CG and those subs have a problem.
I’m sorry. I just do not see why people are so adamantly opposed to a (I’m winging it here) 10 billion dollar project that returns a huge benefit to America when (not you personally) so few make a peep that Govt lately spend that in about 10 H-O-U-R-S!
No, I cannot and will not deny that a fence can slow down illegals who are on foot. I don’t believe it would provide any substantial impact on slowing drug traffic though. IMHO, our priority should be stopping the flow of illegals before drugs.
As I said though, they just find more creative ways around, through, over, and under the fence. It seems like a waste to fence 2000 miles of border. I do support strategically placed fencing. I haven’t spent much time examining the cost savings as you have. So I will have to give that some serious tought too.
Regarding the subs ... I watched a special about them recently on the Discovery/History channel or other and the CG said they have no idea how may subs the cartels have now. I suspect it’s more than 2 or 3. The CG suspects they have technology we don’t even know about yet.
We’ve had a good discussion and I have some things to consider, but I don’t think either of us changed our position, do you? I do realize that your perspective has valid points. I hope you can understand that most Texans (including Perry) do not strictly oppose a fence. We just aren’t convinced that it would be as effective as you believe it will be.