The Great Wall of Jordan (Obama is spending $500 Million to build an electronic wall in Jordan.)

Vice News ^ | February 24, 2016 | William M. Arkin

[PanzerKardinal]

The Obama administration is spending close to a half a billion dollars to build a sophisticated electronic fence along Jordan's northern and eastern borders, a wall which US strategic planners hope will stem the flow of refugees and also wall off the increasingly important American base from the disintegration of Syria and Iraq.

The wall, which began as a $20 million project in 2008 to erect a set of surveillance towers along a 30-mile (50 km) stretch of the border with Syria, has since expanded into a program costing half a billion dollars, according to defense officials who spoke to VICE News. Called the Jordan Border Security Program or JBSP, the wall is ostensibly meant to stop weapons of mass destruction from getting out, but since 2013 has refocused on detecting Islamic State fighters and arms smuggling, as well as refugees, on both sides of the border.

[PanzerKardinal]

So a wall on the our border with Mexico would be ineffective but one between Jordan and Syria is a great idea?

[euram]

So, we’ve financed the Israeli border wall, and now the Jordanian border fence. How come we can’t get control of our own border with Mexico. Oh, silly me, that would be “racist.”

[catbertz]

Mmmmmhhmmm. Nothing to see here folks. Hey, did you hear that there are no blacks nominated for an Oscar?!

[Pearls Before Swine]

Oscars? Blacks don’t need no Oscars, when there’s a self identified black acting as President.

[catbertz]

Worst performance eVar! He gets my Golden Crappy award.

[DoughtyOne]