You're talking about defending 6,000+ miles with 10,000 reservists? You're talking about putting 6,000+ miles of fence up in some very rugged terrain? How possible, and effecitve, would this be in reality? I don't think it would be very effective at all.
Yes, punish corrupt government officials the swiftest.
Punishing people is fine, but if the rewards of corruption are high, people will be willing to risk the punishment.
No, I don't think everyone in the USA is guilty of smuggling and pushing this filth. It's a finite number and we'll all be better off without them. I don't believe the rest of the country will even notice they're gone.
Unfortunately, this fininte number of people is constant, because there are an infinite number of people willing to replace them. And the people who demand the drugs will certainly notice when they are gone....they'll be demanding, which keeps people supplying.
Sure, these pushers are doing everything they can to target our youth. They know their key to victory is to hook as many Americans as young as they can. So no, I don't believe I'm being disengenuous when I talk about our children. Our children are their number one target and you know it.
If by children you mean 20-30 year olds, than yes....
We should kill every scum trying to cross our border with that filth with the same vengeance we're killing the Taliban, now.
It's one thing to say, quite another to do.
We build a fence where it makes sense. Not a problem. I believe, if we show we're as serious about this as we are about our war in Afghanistan, we'll run out of people stupid enough to take the risk.
The drug dealers push heavy in the school yards. They often give the first hit away, free, to kids. They're out to hook them young.
In what way do you mean it's easier to talk about shooting smugglers than to do it? It's either them or our society. I say it's them.