Funny, didn't I talk about a border fence on BOTH borders? Didn't I mention the Millennium Bomb plot that was caught in Washington state by an alert border guard as the guy was coming in from Canada?
Government investigators were able to cross from Canada into the United States carrying a duffle bag with contents that looked like radioactive material and never encountered a law enforcement official, according to a report released Thursday by investigators from the Government Accountability Office.
Border security doesn't mean just "security from brown people" as some might think. Border security means all borders. If they can't understand that, then perhaps they need to find a different job, because protecting our borders needs to be done by competent people.
Travis
Perhaps it's time for the paranoid U.S. to build a 15 foot high fence on the Northern border. I mean if one is going to continue this "terrorism" BIG business industry based mostly on myth, then go all the way. That way Canadian marijuana will not be traded for guns for gang wannabe's in Canadian cities will come to a halt, the price of dope supply in the American market will skyrocket, the grow-ops in Canada will close down and we, in Canada, can go back to being a beer drinking, polite, igloo-living, polar bear-avoiding, peaceful nation. I mean if you are going to base your policies on a myth, you may as well go all out, right?
ReplyDeleteHello Jack,
ReplyDeleteTell me, how is it that this:
http://archives.cnn.com/2001/LAW/07/16/millennium.terror/index.html
done by this guy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Ressam
Is a myth? It's a very real problem and you're trying to minimize the issue at hand.
Ahmed was arrested in Port Angeles, Washington after he got off a ferry from Vancouver, B.C. So tell me how defending the northern border is a "myth".
But yes, if you Canadians want to go back to being "beer drinking, polite, igloo-living, polar bear-avoiding, peaceful" people, be my guest.
However, if and when something happens to you guys, you can't say we didn't tell you so.
how did they get into canada in the first place?
ReplyDeleteHow stupid. I'm sorry but its just stupid to think you can protect a border as big as the US/Canada one.
ReplyDeleteYou would need the entire US military in Iraq to even begin to think of it being secured.
Instead, why not focus on the chokepoints. Canadian airports, seaports, etc. Just give the Canadians a crap pile of money to enhance their security. We would all be better off if you thought about it from a North American perspective instead of a US only one.
Love how US Politicians are blaming Canada. Isn't it the US who is responisble from preventing the wrong people from getting into the US? Take responisibilty for your own bad border security and do not blame others.
ReplyDeleteThey got into Canada because it's easier for a foreign national to go from the Middle East (assuming that's where they are coming from), to Europe, to Canada, to the US.
ReplyDeleteI'm not saying that we should be building a 100 foot tall fence between the US and Canada, but I am saying that the Canadian border seems to be an afterthought to many politicians out there.
But you are right, airports, sea ports, and other areas where people would try to come in need to be beefed up.
I would be more then happy to discuss border security issues with our northern friends if they wish.
But my main point was that everyone in Washington DC seems to think that border security only applies to Mexico, and I'm saying it doesn't.
Protecting the US border is no more feasible than putting a fence all the way around Australia. Politicians only use the subject to call other politicians un-american. The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of countering terrorism at the local level. Yes with police, not armies. Or at least local specialists anyway. We should put our resources where they are most needed- as others have mentioned- at the primary entry points such as ports, major roadways, etc. Please someone with half a brain make some suggestions to Washington that make sense. And if Congress doesn't get half a brain, they'll find out just how tired this country is of their rhetoric.
ReplyDeleteBefore the you guys blame Canada, look at your own immigration. All of the 9/11 terrorist were legal immigrants to the US. Actually they were US citizen!!!
ReplyDeleteActually that's not true at all. They were here on expired visa's. None of them were US citizens.
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_hijackers
And no one here is blaming Canada for border security issues, we're just pointing out that border security remains a problem between the two countries, with fault lying on both sides equally. It's just a problem, not a blame game.
It's funny how looking for this blog I came across a story about a muslim extremist who was appointed to a Virginia immigration board.Hmmm! Maybe we as a people in Canada and the U.S who share so much in common including our families, jobs, cars, even the friggin clothes we wear should not be worried about who is getting across the norther border but rather who is getting into North America as a whole. Because excuse me for saying if a terrorist group was to explode a WMD in Buffalo NY and I live in Ontario do you not think I am concerned just the same. Damn right I would, what affects one affects us all.
ReplyDeleteExcellent point JAC. Perhaps we should be looking into a North American continent border security instead of north/south borders. If the Canadians want to join up with an effort like that, I wouldn't have a problem in the least with it.
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