During WWII when we were at war, we had troops on the border and on major bridges, etc., within this country. This just makes sense. This is an international border, and our borders are the first line of defense - so it is very much the province of the military and I believe they can and would do the job given them if our leaders would get a little backbone and do it.
Our President could greatly reduce the need for the military if he would only start speaking out against this and stop encouraging their coming. Let's take the laws we have and enforce them in each and every way possible.
There was a time we had a border - does anyone remember that?
As for "inept," the military is very good at visiting the wrath of the United States upon our nation's enemies, and being ready to do so. This mission does not fit that profile, and that means the military will not perform it very well.
As for "corrupt," are you seriously arguing that all military personnel are sonehow magically immune to greed?
Unlike the former Soviet Union, the drug lords and their hangers-on can pay REAL money in return for a blind eye over a certain stretch of the border at a certain time.
Let's just discharge all of them and forget any protection.
Do you understand the idea of "comparative advantage?"
During WWII when we were at war, we had troops on the border and on major bridges, etc., within this country.
We didn't have a multi-gazillion dollar drug smuggling business, nor did we have a significant illegal immigration problem at the time. (The modern illegal alien problem is a direct result of shutting down the bracero program in 1965--which was done by the Democratic party as a favor to their AFL-CIO buddies.) It was also during a state of declared war. We also had a little thing called a "draft" to sort out the manpower allocation issues.
This just makes sense. This is an international border, and our borders are the first line of defense - so it is very much the province of the military and I believe they can and would do the job given them if our leaders would get a little backbone and do it.
It's obvious that you do not understand (a) what the military is, (b) what they do well, (c) what they don't do well, and (d) the unintended consequences of using the military for peacetime law enforcement.