Remember the Alamo Walls

As a Vietnam Vet I know that physical barriers  can limit the number of uninvited "guests"   Even a barrier as relatively flimsy as concertina wire can discourage unwelcome  visitors.

The Texas Revolution demonstrates the potential benefits of walls.    The Battle of the Alamo was an epic defensive battle with Texas army co-commanders James Bowie and William B. Travis.
attempting to hold the walled Alamo mission they were using as a fort against  a vastly superior Mexican army under the command of  President General Antonio López de Santa Anna
 
Marty Robbins celebrated the defender's efforts in "the Ballad of the Alamo".

"One hundred and eighty five
Holdin' back five thousand
Five days, six days, eight days, ten
Travis held and held again."  

The Alamo's   walls helped Travis hold the fort until Gen. Santa Anna  decided to accept the high casualties needed to take the fort.  :Later at the Battle of San Jacinto Texas Gen. Sam Houston easily defeated Santa Anna because Santa Anna didn't have walls to protect his men.

The post office I was assigned to in Vietnam was initially located at a small compound south of Phu Cat AFB called Camp Fidel.  Even though the enemy wasn't likely to attack us instead of the Air /Force's jets, our commanders knew we had to guard our perimeter all night because the enemy wouldn't pass up an easy target.

Do the Brainless Wonders in Congress Know What Happened on 9/11/01?

Do  they know that a mere 19 men who had infiltrated our country hijacked four  airliners and used them to destroy the World Trade Towers and damage the Pentagon?  Current Congressional  leaders are even more brainless than leaders in November, 1941, who thought the country could avoid World War II by being neutral.  They hadn't yet experienced an attack by an enemy.  Today's leaders have..

The  government didn't know of a potential terror threat when the  9/11 hijackers entered the country.    Today the government is more careful about who it allows in. Suspected  terrorists cannot come in at monitored points of entry.   They have to find entry points that aren't closely monitored such as along our southern border.   Coming in that way allows them to bring weapons and high explosives.  
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Those who claim there isn't a crisis need to explain when the terror crisis that began  on 9/11 ended.   Americans didn't realize there was a  terror crisis until a plane hit the second tower. 

Our enemies haven't announced an end to their war.  Maybe they haven't attacked our homeland because they prefer to concentrate on defending their homeland.  Maybe our law enforcement agencies have been preventing their attacks.  Or maybe they are secretly preparing a surprise attack like the Germans did before the Battle of the Bulge  or the Viet Cong did before the 1968 Tet Offensive.    If they think they can mount a surprise attack, we may not know until it begins. 

President Trump Cares About Us - Wealthy Democrats Don't

President Donald Trump recognizes a primary function of the federal government involves protecting us from external threats.   Our state governments protect us from internal threats, but only the federal government can deal with threats coming from other countries.

He recognizes that Mexico and other Latin American countries like Guatemala have significant crime problems.  Dingbat Democrats are oblivious to the difficulty the Mexican government is having with the drug cartels  that operate from there.   The government has had to use the Mexican army in its war with the cartels.

Many of those coming to the United States want to get away from their homeland's criminals.  They expect our government to at least try to prevent those criminals from following them here. 

President Trump's  proposed wall might not be perfectly effective [few anti-crime measures are], but it is an appropriate attempt to deal  with a dangerous situation.   There is no good reason not to try it.  

A government that spends over $10 billion a day can find a way to come up with the $5 billion needed to build a wall.   Wealthy Democrats like multi-millionaire Rep. Nancy Pelosi don't want to fund the wall because they don't care what happens to the rest  of  us.  They just want to play partisan political games. They don't care who might be hurt by the government shutdown if they can get their media  sheep to blame Trump for everything.

When I was in high school the Democrats had a great leader who told us America could build a rocket that would put men on the moon.  Today's Democrats claim the federal government can't even build a wall to prevent killers from entering the country illegally.   President Donald Trump comes closer to having the "can do" attitude of President John Kennedy than any current Democratic Party leader.

Trump needs to change his  strategy   The Democrat mules in Congress don't seem likely to give in because they don't care what happens. Their favorite program kills babies before they can be born.   They don't care if illegal immigrants kill  "other people" or "other people" die from drug use.   I wonder it they believe such deaths reduce " the surplus population".

President Trump could build a wall as a military training activity.   In a combat area concrete walls  may be needed as  part of a bunker to protect personnel or supplies. A wall can protect  buildings from a truck bomb on a nearby road.  Thus military personnel need to know how to construct concrete walls  The southwestern states provide a good location to train personnel to construct concrete walls in the Middle East because it has  a relatively close  match in terrain, climate and  soil. Training benefits  would include practice in moving personnel, equipment and supplies  into an area and learning how to operate in that type physical environment.  

 
Using military personnel would lower the extra government cost of building a wall because military personnel are paid the same regardless of whether they are building walls, marching around or watching training films.   National Guard and Reserve units might work on the wall during  their summer camps.

President Trump should put his money where his mouth is

President Donald Trump should put his money where his mouth is on the Wall.  It's easy for politicians to spend other people's money on projects.  If Trump really believes  the wall is necessary he should be willing to donate some of his  money, possibly his presidential salary, to the wall like many of our fellow Americans are doing.  Maybe he could suggest that those running his  businesses donate part of the profits to the wall.   Trump might try to persuade Congress to match private donations of money or labor.

Selling advertising could be practical near urban areas.  Perhaps some companies would be satisfied with using pictures of ads on rural sections of the wall they have paid to construct.

  Trump needs to educate those  who want gun control to the fact that gun control cannot be effective without border control.  A person who  can cross the border unchecked can cross carrying 6 M16 rifles while wearing a backpack full of ammo.