Boggles the mind doesn't it? We were attacked on U.S soil, but god forbid that we actually try to protect ourselves because we may offend our jealous neighbor to the south or a bunch of criminal illegal aliens.
Sorry, Mr. President, but I am not willing to sacrifice my childrens future and safety at the alter of political correctness.
President Bush and FBI Director Mueller tell us every day that we are at war and expect to be attacked again. Protecting it's citizens is one of the few legitimate functions of the federal government, but it seems to be the one function that they do not comprehend. Pathetic isn't it?
We are NOT at war with Mexico. That is the distinction. If you want to go to war on the border look to Canada. They protect more potential terrorists than Saudi Arabia.
Boggles the mind doesn't it? We were attacked on U.S soil, but god forbid that we actually try to protect ourselves because we may offend our jealous neighbor to the south or a bunch of criminal illegal aliens.
The situation is very different. Armies are good at keeping out other armies. Armies have distinctive signatures (like a huge number of tanks and APCs) that are simply not present on the US-Mexican border.
Second, sharkdiver, your border figure simply isn't accurate--it's actually just under 150 miles, not "many hundreds of miles." We also have the assistance of the ROK Army in this mission, which is the majority of the manpower. We have 37,000 troops from all services in Korea--most of these folks are not on the DMZ. The ROK has 600,000 from all services. Based on historical patterns, we can conclude that the ROK has 60,000 troops on the border, along with 3,700 troops from the US (assumption is that for every trigger-puller on the border, there's 9 guys behind him to feed him, maintain his weapons, or work in supporting arms).
63,700 troops for 150 miles of border. Let's round it down to 60,000. That's ONLY 4,000 troops per mile. I leave the extension of this example to the 2,000-mile-long US-Mexican border as an exercise for the reader.