(April 18, 2011 at 3:48 pm)reverendjeremiah Wrote: Oh yes, I have been paying attention to the war over there. I realize the casual brutality. I am worried that civil/drug war is going to spill over into our borders, and I DONT want that crap over here. Also, if this does happen, that "pop" that I was talking about before, will happen much sooner and with more reasons behind it, meaning it will gain more popularity as well. I feel bad for those living in Mexico right now, and I understand they want to get away from it. They too should understand that we have problems of our own, and each illegal who crosses the border brings a chance of one of those murderous types along with them as well (and please dont tell me it will not happen). If mexico is having a civil war, then that is MORE reason to secure our borders and NOT get involved. It isnt good to get involved in another countries civil war, and it DEFINITELY isnt good for said war to spill into our borders.
What do you think we should do? Swing open the gates and hold our arms open to them? I think they should flat out legalise drugs over there. that would be a good step in the right direction. Normally I am all for imigrants coming here, but not in this situation. They need to clean their own house before they come into mine.
I agreed with much of what you said. However, our proximity to the failed state of Mexico fuels their war. Things might be different if the cross border drug and weapons trade was halted immediately.
Securing our border is a rather difficult and expensive thing to do. Even the cheap-ass "virtual fence" consisting of cameras and volunteers was canceled for being too costly. So while the statement "we need to secure our borders" is a valid one, and quite a good solution, the implementation of such leaves much to be desired.
I've yet to see a border securement plan that is not cut due to cost or jurisdiction issues.
It doesn't help that numerous interests collude to promote casual illegal and legal immigration into the USA.
I think that we have to be more understanding, as our actions, in past and present, and proximity contribute significantly to their internal strife and chaos - not "pop" or something. But then again, I am literally advising people to keep their emotions in check and try to understand more about the situation than simply reacting to a perceived threat.
And asking for sanity is like asking for honest politicians. Seems a simple enough request, yet it never seems to appear...
