tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923978447493188869.post5649946117635434163..comments2023-10-12T02:58:35.548-05:00Comments on No Border Wall: Frontier Injustice: Not Even the Pacific Ocean is Safe from Our Pernicious Effort to Wall Off the BorderNO BORDER WALLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16705064894973061623noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923978447493188869.post-91109086479677606062012-04-29T06:22:29.382-05:002012-04-29T06:22:29.382-05:00The lives at risk are those innocent victims of th...The lives at risk are those innocent victims of the U.S. border patrol.......<br />http://video.pbs.org/video/2225180660jay817https://www.blogger.com/profile/17945441502817952174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923978447493188869.post-2232231942086420382012-04-29T06:21:55.435-05:002012-04-29T06:21:55.435-05:00The lives at risk are those innocent victims of th...The lives at risk are those innocent victims of the U.S. border patrol.......<br />http://video.pbs.org/video/2225180660jay817https://www.blogger.com/profile/17945441502817952174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923978447493188869.post-70316910936387683012012-03-16T20:24:19.674-05:002012-03-16T20:24:19.674-05:00In response to your no border wall comments I subm...In response to your no border wall comments I submit the following: One of the things that frustrates me about the idea of a physical wall or barrier separating the U.S. and Mexico is that there is absolutely no proof or study that it (the portions of the border with a wall) has done anything to stem the tide of illegal immigrants or the movement of drugs. Is the emotional desire for a physical wall the driving force to building it? Is it the same thing as putting a ten foot high fence around your yard to keep out the bad guys? It seems that so often the pull of emotions trumps our ability to seek a logical, coherent solution to a complex issue. It is much simpler to sell the idea of a wall than to expect people on our side of the border to understand the social, economic and cultural dynamics that exist to drive people to take life and death risks in search of something better.<br /><br />I am assuming that environmental studies were not required to build the wall or they were conducted and determined as 'acceptable'. In either case the second and third order effects of wall building will not be known for some time and by then short attention spans will care little about why the wall was built in the first place. As with most issues there are usually several actions that need to occur simultaneously to attempt to solve it. I understand that this is not a novel thought, but sometimes we (as Americans) need to remind ourselves why we do what we do. Again, that requires information gathering, analysis, 'wargaming' solutions, and agreement. Instead of going through all that we build a wall. Too easy. We give away our freedoms much too quickly in this country all under the guise of increased security. Again, who determines how safe we are? How is that measured? I don't have the answers to those questions, but perhaps someone does or maybe not.<br /><br />Finally, the environment always seems to be the victim of human nature. Greed causes us to pollute the air and the waterways with toxic chemicals proven to have detrimental effects on the environment. Fear causes us to build barriers into the Pacific Ocean creating disruptive sea states and impacting marine life in a way we likely don't understand. Let's talk to the people who live along the border about potential solutions and what they think we can do to mitigate the problems the face. No, better yet let's figure that out from afar and tell those people what to think. <br /> <br />Disclaimer:<br />"The views expressed in this blog are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Army, Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government."Major Mark Schoenfeld, Student, Command and General Staff College, US Army Combined Arms Center (Satellite), Fort Lee, VA.noreply@blogger.com