tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11520180.post114767174696476010..comments2023-10-19T23:06:23.182-07:00Comments on Nowstalgia: National Guard on the US-Mexico Border?Adivhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04650665660227236026noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11520180.post-1147680813913675412006-05-15T01:13:00.000-07:002006-05-15T01:13:00.000-07:00Too costly is a relative term. The barrier in Isr...Too costly is a relative term. The barrier in Israel is relatively larger for Israel than a barrier on the US/Mexico border is for the US. Israel's economy is a fraction of the US's and the cost in human life due to terrorism coming across the border is relatively higher. There is also less likely going to be human rights claims based on seperating people from their property/fields in the US as there have been in Israel. But that's a side point. <BR/><BR/>My post IS directed at the idea that battle hardened National Guard should be sent to the US-Mexico border. It is not as if it is a hostile frontier with a determined enemy on the other side. Mexico and the US are presumedly friends. The idea of a barrier along the border is fine for me, but why send troops? Why risk somebody with combat fatigue shooting a family of 5 as they run across desert landscape in hopes of a better life? <BR/><BR/>The immigration issue should NOT be turned into a photo-op and the new front in the war on terror. I think that sending thousands of troops who have been geared for combat will do just that. There is no need to treat illegal immigration like a crisis that requires emergency troops. It is an urgent concern, but not the kind of urgency that requires militarizing a friendly border. Send the troops home to their families and if you need more manpower on the border, HIRE THEM and TRAIN THEM. How much will the cost of sending the National Guard to the border cost? Use that money to build the damn wall.Adivhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04650665660227236026noreply@blogger.com