Unfair comparison - France's wall was built to stop an invading army, tanks and all. Building a wall to stop unarmed individuals from entering the U.S. shouldn't be such a difficult task, especially with modern surveillance equipment. Some Islamic feculence will always get in I suppose, but others will be caught. We look for disruption and deterrent of the enemy, not perfection, which doesn't exist.
There are some who say that terrorists constitute an army. I know this because I voted for him for President in 2000 and proudly plan to do it again in a few weeks. And we ARE at war - but our enemies don't use tanks any more. They use RPGs, car bombs, AK-47s, 767s, crude WMDs, anthrax in mailed letters, etc.
Building a wall to stop unarmed individuals from entering the U.S. shouldn't be such a difficult task
My emphasis in bold. How would a 10,000-plus mile long wall covering every inch of US land border have stopped 9/11? Walls can be penetrated, tunneled under, breached via bribery and misdirection, and scaled. Hence my assertion that such a wall would grant us nothing but a false sense of security for an astronomical cost, at the inevitable price of vigilance.
We look for disruption and deterrent of the enemy, not perfection, which doesn't exist.
No one can believably promise perfection except for the One who I sing songs about on Sunday mornings.
The point is that the Germans went through Belgium, bypassing the Maginot line. You build a wall on the southern border they will come in via numerous other places.
It is a hell of a lot easier to detect an army or a tank. Israel has the most advanced surveillance equiptment on border fences in the world, bar none. They seem to have a bit of a problem keeping the borders closed and Israel is smaller than some California counties. Israel has 100% draft too.
While it is a good thought to close the borders, it is just that, a thought. It would take an army many times the size of what we now have to patrol our borders a fraction as well as Israel can. Do you want 100% draft?
I think Bush is very wise wiping out the fire ant nests instead of marching around the house stomping ants all day.