Posted by
jarhead on Monday, July 02, 2007 3:56:11 PM
So our Homeland Defense head wienie is sure we should be concerned about threats from Europe. But our porous southern border is just Okey Dokey with him. I beleive the fense is now 13 miles complete and excuses abounding for not having built more. I'm sure there is a spotted owl in there somewhere.
I cannot fathom what it takes for these people, who are supposed to be responsible for our nations security , to finally get on with securing our borders. 9/11 happened in 2001 and we have 13 miles of fence. I don't know how these people sleep at night knowing that when an attack attributable to folks coming across our southern border does occur they will be hung out to dry for their personal responsibility for every death and injury resulting.
Consider that we had a span of a major bridge down in San Francisco just a few weeks ago and its back up and in use. We cleaned up the Twin Towers rubble in weeks. As recently as the Viet Nam war we could put down a major airstrip on swamp land in days. But we can't build a defense to prevent what any reasonable person must recognize as an enormous threat to our national security and American lives. The excuses don't wash. What is missing with the fence is what has been missing for the last 21 years-the will to enforce our laws and secure our borders. But what was irresponsible and derelict until 9/11 is now criminal neglect. Do we really have to have people die to get those responsible to get the job done?