He would have been wiser to do all this good stuff after 9/11. That mistake lost him lots of support from conservatives.
Agreed that many conservatives have taken umbrage with GW's apparent lack of interest in our southern border. It's such a no brainer, though, that protecting it is vital to national security, that you have to wonder what the heck is going on. That he was gov. of Texas hits you right between the eyes. Cozy relationship with Fox, etc..
But that's no longer his job description and he damn well knows it. He's said in fact that when he gets up in the morning, his only reason for being Pres. is to protect the US. So he must be ordering other, secret methods of border security.
The balancing act he had to perform after 9/11 was profound. How to get everyone to live and produce as normally as possible, no wide spread panic, please, keep the economy afloat, etc.. All the while he got busy preparing to send troops to war in the enemy's lair. Mistakes were made, and clamping down on the border big time seems to be a glaring one. So stupid, though, elementary. That's why I keep thinking stuff was done we don't know about.
That movie, Enemy of the State, with Will Smith and Gene Hackman. The technical widgets shown are scary, mind boggling, and I believe pretty much on target as to present day capability. Also, Clinton decimated our ability to infiltrate enemy cells, because he and Hill thought that was nasty, dirty business. So no more walking around money for informants, etc..
That's all changed, and not a moment too soon. And I forget where I was going with this. Nuts. I was working around to my theory that GW had to be acting secretly to secure the borders without scaring the populace. Well, after Nov. if he's reelected, it won't matter. He can and should order whatever it takes and pronto.