Pictures are worth a thousand words ... we need a WALL, not a dilapidated fence.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/slideshow/2017/02/02/in-pictures-u-s-mexico-border-as-it-stands-now.html?wcmmode=preview#/slide/an-excavator-removes-a-fence-to-be-replaced-by-a-section-of-the-border-wall-at-sunland-park--u-s---opposite-ciudad-juarez--mexico-

No one seems willing to discuss Trump's secret weapon behind the wall:

Quote from: PeterR on February 23, 2017, 07:20:34 PM
No one seems willing to discuss Trump's secret weapon behind the wall:

*GASP*

Dick Cheney!

If you are going to do it....DO it right, they should play this over the White House speakers 24/7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3IvJIQeMBE

Quote from: The Boo Man... on February 23, 2017, 08:43:57 PM
*GASP*

Dick Cheney!

Shotgun and all.

Bringing this post back for a bit. I'm considering an alternative to the wall. It's worth trying for a few years.

Just the threat of the wall has decreased illegal crossings substantially ... we've all seen the reports. War on drugs is still a problem - the threat won't turn them away so easily.

So let's use or national guard on the border and train our military there. That should be enough of a deterrant to the illegals to take it down even further ... and sustain it there. And we can learn how to fight the drug insurgency too ... if they persist. The cost is less and our nation gains in better training for our soldiers and preparedness of the guard.

As for Trump, so many are hung up on the wall promise. He can have a panel issue the findings of the recent reduction in immigrants and show how he now has a better plan based on the data. Some won't like it, but the findings to support that an alternative might be enough ... so why not run the experiment before committing to a 1600 mile wall?

Trump can also use it as a Judo move against the Dims. Research moves him to a different decision. The Dims will try to spin it their way but can't argue much since they've been pulling so hard in that direction.