just a passing thought here, but why don't they use aircraft with side looking heat seeking radar? i was at this point going to suggest the gunships we utilized in 'nam. then i remembered we left most of them over there.
but we have bases close to the border in kalifornia, arizona, new mexico and texas. doing a thumbnail measurement of the border it is approximately 1000 miles long. taking the four states mentioned as operating locations, each base wuold have to patrol about 250 miles of border. not an insurmountable task.
at present i have no idea what aircraft we could use, i know there are some c-130's left but in my opinion the are too big and would not be cost effective. that big an aircraft would be a waste.
i would not even submit a cost estimate on a fence on the border, there would be beau coup price overuns to begin with and then some moron in washington would hire illegals to build it. doesn't sound very secure to me. the only reason the berlin wall worked somewhat was because they had guards there with shoot to kill orders. we couldn't do that because it's not politically correct. besides that the democrats need the votes. i think we should have minefields set up but that is not politically correct either. those are really cheap. why do i feel like princess di is going to throw a lightning bolt at me?
why is it we the electorate can have ideas and everyone in washington is suffering from paralysis.
don't get me wrong i don't think my ideas are the best ones but at least i'm trying. those boneheads in dc just sit there on their hands. meanwhile the problem grows and grows.