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We could use a security wall like Israel's
Newsday ^
| 7/14/2005
| James P. Pinkerton
Posted on 07/14/2005 12:56:06 AM PDT by Pro-Bush
We could use a security wall like Israel's James P. Pinkerton
July 14, 2005
Tuesday's suicide bombing in Israel should not obscure a fundamental fact: Walls work.
Walls are not perfect, but if they are robust enough, they mostly succeed in keeping dangerous people out of the homeland. The U.S. should get the hint and start building its own walls, before it's too late.
The bombing in Netanya that killed four Israelis was only the third lethal suicide bombing this year. By contrast, in 2002 there were more than 50 such atrocities. Israeli officials credit much of this reduction to the ongoing construction of a high security wall, which may someday run along the entire Israeli-Palestinian border.
Facing 2 million hostile Palestinians in the West Bank, Israel's government had little choice. Eventually, the wall is expected to completely separate Israel from the West Bank.
Of course, this solution is far from perfect. The wall could leave a million or more Palestinian Arabs on the "inside," as well as many thousands of Israeli settlers on the "outside."
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: border
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Walls work!!
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posted on
07/14/2005 12:56:06 AM PDT
by
Pro-Bush
To: Pro-Bush
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posted on
07/14/2005 12:57:40 AM PDT
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Southack
Regarding the article linked!!-->
They stood just a block from a San Ysidro shopping center, sizing up the obstacles: a 12-foot-high fence, a camera, stadium-style lighting and a Border Patrol truck nosed up against the fence.
A good start!!
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posted on
07/14/2005 1:02:22 AM PDT
by
Pro-Bush
(We're not vigilantes! We're undocumented Border Patrol agents!)
To: Pro-Bush
Walls (and fences) make good neighbors.
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posted on
07/14/2005 1:02:39 AM PDT
by
clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
To: Pro-Bush
Walls work!! Why you racist, imperialist, eurocentric, patriarchal, homophobic, uneducated, intolerant, etc.........,
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posted on
07/14/2005 1:07:02 AM PDT
by
papertyger
(There are three kinds of people in the world. - Gary Johnson, Actor)
To: papertyger
Thanks for the compliments!!
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posted on
07/14/2005 1:12:56 AM PDT
by
Pro-Bush
(We're not vigilantes! We're undocumented Border Patrol agents!)
To: Pro-Bush
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posted on
07/14/2005 1:14:02 AM PDT
by
AntiGuv
(™)
To: AntiGuv
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posted on
07/14/2005 1:16:44 AM PDT
by
Pro-Bush
(We're not vigilantes! We're undocumented Border Patrol agents!)
To: Pro-Bush
What about electric fences?
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posted on
07/14/2005 1:16:46 AM PDT
by
k2blader
(Was it wrong to kill Terri Shiavo? YES - 83.8%. FR Opinion Poll.)
To: k2blader
Even better, how about "The Predator" and a few blackhawks!
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posted on
07/14/2005 1:19:32 AM PDT
by
Pro-Bush
(We're not vigilantes! We're undocumented Border Patrol agents!)
To: k2blader
What about electric fences? Hey, Jose, make for that pretty purple light!
ZAP!
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posted on
07/14/2005 1:24:22 AM PDT
by
papertyger
(There are three kinds of people in the world. - Gary Johnson, Actor)
To: papertyger; Pro-Bush
I was trying to think of something that wouldn't be overly expensive or require too much human involvement. Although I guess clean-up might be a problem.. Hrm..
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posted on
07/14/2005 1:28:36 AM PDT
by
k2blader
(Was it wrong to kill Terri Shiavo? YES - 83.8%. FR Opinion Poll.)
To: k2blader
Although I guess clean-up might be a problem.. Hrm.. Not if the voltage is high enough ;o)
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posted on
07/14/2005 1:31:38 AM PDT
by
papertyger
(There are three kinds of people in the world. - Gary Johnson, Actor)
To: AntiGuv
Going to mine the coastline too?
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posted on
07/14/2005 1:35:55 AM PDT
by
DB
(©)
To: papertyger
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posted on
07/14/2005 1:43:33 AM PDT
by
k2blader
(Was it wrong to kill Terri Shiavo? YES - 83.8%. FR Opinion Poll.)
To: DB
Nope.
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posted on
07/14/2005 1:46:41 AM PDT
by
AntiGuv
(™)
To: k2blader; papertyger; Pro-Bush
Why you racist, imperialist, eurocentric, patriarchal, homophobic, uneducated, intolerant, etc.........,Yep, that's us ;-)
I was trying to think of something that wouldn't be overly expensive or require too much human involvement. Although I guess clean-up might be a problem.. Hrm..
Aligators, or crocodiles. Which ever best suit the environment. Dig a large moat using prison labor(money saver), and help out Florida, etc. with their reptile problems. Do this and you won't have a clean up problem. Urp!
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posted on
07/14/2005 2:03:30 AM PDT
by
TheSpottedOwl
(UR 0wN3D: USSC-2005)
To: AntiGuv
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posted on
07/14/2005 2:04:07 AM PDT
by
DB
(©)
To: DB
Going to mine the coastline too?Oh hell, why not. Damn surfers are a nuisance, and so are those bloody seals...
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posted on
07/14/2005 2:05:34 AM PDT
by
TheSpottedOwl
(UR 0wN3D: USSC-2005)
To: TheSpottedOwl
Going to mine the coastline too? Oh hell, why not. Damn surfers are a nuisance, and so are those bloody seals... Certainly would make jet skis more exciting!
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posted on
07/14/2005 2:10:33 AM PDT
by
papertyger
(There are three kinds of people in the world. - Gary Johnson, Actor)
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