Keep dreaming. When Bill O'Reilly was interviewing President Bush, the question of border security came up. O'Reilly asked him about putting the military on the border to seal it up; the President had a look as you got to be kidding. It's not like this country can't do it. Americans can do ANYTHING that we put our minds too. The question is it in the best interest of the country. If it were, I believe President Bush would have done it or committed the country to build barriers and station a border army. President Bush did mention in one of the debates that the US is using drones & satellites to monitor the border. By doing this and I assume other measures, the borders are secured. However, no amount of border security can deter a committed enemy from smuggling a nuke into this country. For example, Russia using a stealth airplane could parachute a commando unit into the US. This commando unit could do anything from surveillance to planting and detonating a nuke. That’s why we have to be on the offensive. Kill them before they kill us. That’s the main reason why I voted for President Bush.
"For example, Russia using a stealth airplane could parachute a commando unit into the US. This commando unit could do anything from surveillance to planting and detonating a nuke."
Forget about Russia's plane.. Remember the Twin Towers and the Pentagon? Of course now that the airports have tightened its security a little, terrorists will most likely use the path with the least resistance. The border.
Take a look at the last debate as the question about illegal immigration was brought up. Look at Bush's face. Does he not have an "oh s**t" look on his face after the question was asked?
We are doing little to nothing for our borders.
What Bush has done equates to putting a band-aid on a shotgun wound. Not enough.
The UAV President Bush mentioned during the debate was outsourced to the Israely army. However, they had to ground the UAV due to budget shortfalls.
I do give him credit in that the US Army now will be using their UAV (one UAV)to patrol the border. This should have happened on 09/11 but it didnt.
If Bush's guest worker program is such a hit, why didnt he push for it prior to the election (Other than 0107)?
The answer is simple, Bush knows the majority of Americans want this stopped at the border and in a sense would have committed political suicide.
Now, he is at it again but this time, he has nothing to lose.