So are you suggesting that we pull the troops out of Iraq and station them
on the US borders? That makes perfectly good sense, the news media love it.
They can drastically cut their costs of covering the terrorist attacks. They
won't have to go overseas for the daily "car bombing at a border crossing"
report, they can go to our Southern border during the winter and our
Northern border during the summer. Nice scenery and decent weather -- not
bad working conditions for the news crews.

I agree with SMT that almost everything you wrote is rhetoric. I could find
only the one tangible suggestion in your whole post. So how about a few
more?

1. Implement RFID tagging of identity documents. We already have magnetic
strips on most driver licenses, but they are too easy to defeat. RFID would
add another layer of security and can be scanned from as far away as 25'
when properly configured.

2. Establish a single, central repository of the identity records. It is way
too difficult for the states and feds to share documentation in the current
environment and in today's technological world, it is ridiculous that our
officials don't implement something from this century.

3. Divert the ridiculous funding allocations from the GA security
initiatives and put them into bolstering our border defenses. I don't mean
gun emplacements, but how about some much more efficient ID verification
systems, more control points, more airborne surveillance, and a system that
identifies welcome visitors rather than forcing them to swim a river to get
in.

4. Stop trying to win hearts and minds until the battle is over and the
field is secured. With the press documenting every step a soldier takes, our
peacekeepers are having to watch their backs as much as anything. We need to
understand that war is messy, brutal, and not politically correct. Find the
*******s, kill the *******s, secure the field, and then rebuild the country.
(Can you imagine trying to use the same strategy on Japan in WW2 as we are
using on Iraq now?)

5. We are dealing with a small group of people (I use that term liberally)
that place no value whatsoever on human life. They demonstrate that fact on
a daily basis, yet we are reluctant to brutally use their own methods in
retaliation. We need to selectively kill (not capture) this vermin because
they are a threat to the entire human, civilized race. Let's quit playing
nice and quit talking about a kinder, gentler war. How asinine!

6. Pull the civilian and government contractors out of areas where security
can't be guaranteed. Let the military finish the job of dealing with the
insurgents, and let the contractors work in other parts of Iraq. Let
elections go forward in secure areas and let the other areas continue to
live under martial law until they are secured.

Okay, here are my first 6 suggestions. I'm sure others will find more; some
will disagree (violently probably) while yet others will nod knowingly. But
hey, let's talk specific solutions and quit just complaining about the
problem.


--
Jim Carter
"kontiki" wrote in message
...

Okay.. thank you for allowing me to elaborate. Every single day hundreds
of unknown, undocumented individuals enter this country across our
borders.
The Border Patrol makes but a dent in this number. Who these people are,
where
they come from and their exact intentions are totally unknown. Yes, many
of them
come from Mexico and countries in South America looking for a better life.
An unknown quantity of other individuals, however, are coming here for
other
purposes. These are the ones that would do us harm and they know they have
a 50/50
chance of getting in here *totally* undetected. No paperwork... no way to
determine their motives... their intentions or their criminal or political
history.

There is also a northern border that is just as porus. I submit that a
reasonable
person would conclude that a good use of a percentage of US forces might
be to
assist the Border Patrol monitor and secure these borders to a greater
extent than
they are today. I bet if you took a poll of all troops in Iraq and asked
them if
they would rather serve their tours assisting the border patrol HERE in
the US or
in the deserts of Iraq would find a lot of volunteers for the program.

In fact.... I one might also conclude that critical monitoring of who GOT
a Visa
and who didn't and just what these visa holders where actually DOING in
this country
might have prevented 9-11. It was, after all, the responsibility of the
INS to do
this very thing, which they utterly failed to do. The result was that the
INS was
dissolved... I don't know about you but I feel better already.

... clipped for brevity

"WE" are American citizens and LEGAL immigrants/visitors. I just one
specific
examples above, please read. If you desire more I will gladly oblige.