tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13598068.post7725550433693377237..comments2023-06-12T16:23:02.561-05:00Comments on Red Ink: Texas: Lessons Not LearnedRorschachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11848860674369931761noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13598068.post-10022202394929648572007-01-20T11:21:00.000-06:002007-01-20T11:21:00.000-06:00Fozzy, I think you may be misunderstanding my poin...Fozzy, I think you may be misunderstanding my point. An electronic "virtual fence" WITHOUT TROOPS ON THE GROUND TO BACK IT UP is worthless. I am very much in favor of a real physical fence on the US border, and i am very much in favor of the national guard being there WITH BULLETS AND AN APPROPRIATE ROE that allows them to fire if threatened, not retreating. Just like METRO is tryng to "secure" their park and rides with cameras but without any boots on the ground. BOOTS ON THE GROUND ARE ESSENTIAL to any functional barrier.<br /><br />BTW, there use to be a guy that rattled around on some of the BBS's in town years ago that went by Fozzy, are you him?Rorschachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11848860674369931761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13598068.post-83764580668525942572007-01-19T18:15:00.000-06:002007-01-19T18:15:00.000-06:00There are, however, other such fences in history t...There are, however, other such fences in history that have worked. The Morice Line, built to keep infiltrators from coming into Algeria during the civil wars there, for example. An electric fence, it was backed by a railroad which allowed troops to be rapidly sped to anywhere there was a break. The key to fences (as well as tactical 'barriers' like barbed wire) is that they usually can't stop people -- but they can slow them down and help identify where crossings are taking place, allowing for re-enforcements to be moved in. <br /><br /> Despite the relative success of the Morice line (it stopped infiltration across it, but France still lost the war) I still don't think the U.S. border fence is a particularly good idea. First we have to make a political decision, do we want all these immigrants or not? There is still no resolution of that stand-off in U.S. politics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com