BUT ..to disreguard EVERYTHING just because he is wrong in one area is illogical Okay, you are correct, in general, about a broad sweep being illogical. OTOH, if the President's main concern is our safety, as he keeps saying, and if we are to believe that his concern is to protection ALL Americans, then certain actions/steps must be taken to back up his concerns. Merely checking people at airports does nothing to effect the safety of all Americans; it's limited to particular people in a particular environment (i.e., those traveling on planes or those who could become possible targets of planes). Taking only a particular action (checking for illegals or bombs at U.S. airports) makes his argument of "protecting all Americans" an absurdity on its face. Illegals can and do enter America at our borders, by the millions, and are, therefore, able to get to U.S. airports, ride U.S. busses, get a hold of forged U.S. documents allowing free travel throughout the U.S., outside of airports.
While he may have said his main concern is our National safety.....( What would you expect him to say in this situation ) He is first and foremost a "politician" and he is feeding the wolves at the door. Obviously since his administration's actions do not match his retoric there must be forces behind the curtain....either these forces are under his control and he is lying or they are beyond his control, so far....hopefully it is the later.
My arguement with the "vigilantees" has nothing to do with a blind trust in government .....the government rarely does anything efficiently of effectively.... my arguement is is two fold....The government can and should be the agency protecting our borders, as inept as they are it is their job and they could do it better than a "rag tag bunch of untrained civilians"..... and two, These untrained vigilantees will more than likely make the situation worse rather than better.... in fact they could either get killed or end up killing someone....