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27. Any fixed fortification

Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:24 AM

Jan 2019

Can be overcome, with time and effort.

But it takes time and effort. And some guys with a generator and a cutting wheel sitting on the fence for a couple hours would be noticed.

A wall, will, indeed, result in the need of less border guards and the ability to create choke points. It's not really up to honest debate. It's a mechanical thing. They do work -- witness Israel where terrorist attacks from people coming in from the outside dropped to almost zero.

What is up for honest debate, however, is whether a strong Southern border is a good thing.

We've seemed to done just fine without a strong Southern border.

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Test of steel prototype for border wall showed it could be sawed through [View all] demmiblue Jan 2019 OP

And rust... Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #1

Couple look like slag on the edges? That would probably be Maxheader Jan 2019 #2

That was my immediate thought when they started talking about steel. kwassa Jan 2019 #12

Lowe's checklist underpants Jan 2019 #3

Love it! MyOwnPeace Jan 2019 #47

Note to self: cheaper at Harbor Freight underpants Jan 2019 #54

Harbor Freight might MyOwnPeace Jan 2019 #56

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definitely a moat! Blues Heron Jan 2019 #26

Oh my...now we MUST have a Trump concrete monument wall....... Bengus81 Jan 2019 #5

Don't give 'em any ideas. ancianita Jan 2019 #8

He may go with a Korean-style MINEFIELD instead. NurseJackie Jan 2019 #15

This is why 2000 miles of this is foolish bigbrother05 Jan 2019 #6

Hell, put the cut out piece back in place and a hole could go undetected for years. LakeSuperiorView Jan 2019 #23

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That's what I've wondered about since the get-go.......... Bengus81 Jan 2019 #14

Holy crap! grumpyduck Jan 2019 #31

Cheap riverfront land? Richard D Jan 2019 #44

AND I can't help but suspect that we've seen what he did as a kid when he didn't get his way. calimary Jan 2019 #62

"tRump Construction, Inc." Building Stupid walls for a Stupid future - send money now! RKP5637 Jan 2019 #37

He's going to use that picture to justify using Russian steel NewJeffCT Jan 2019 #45

That was my assumption also. Quid pro quo, Don-the-con and putine. erronis Jan 2019 #57

A huge boon to scrap metal dealers, both side of border. KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2019 #9

Excellent deduction Perseus Jan 2019 #13

Better go with Stainless steel, watoos Jan 2019 #10

Has anyone told Trump, watoos Jan 2019 #11

Well, maybe Canada WILL pay for part of that wall. Gotta keep the magats out. erronis Jan 2019 #38

Gracias, watoos Jan 2019 #49

Well then clearly we need TWO walls underpants Jan 2019 #61

Best to go with the East Berlin style wall. LiberalArkie Jan 2019 #16

"Mr. Gorbachev, MyOwnPeace Jan 2019 #50

Well, just protect that fence... sfwriter Jan 2019 #17

If they were careful Danascot Jan 2019 #18

Or set up an illegal grumpyduck Jan 2019 #33

Careful. Don't give the Dump Family any ideas. erronis Jan 2019 #39

Over, under, around or through C_U_L8R Jan 2019 #19

+++ agree. FFS, this is 2018, there is lots of technology availability for border security. iluvtennis Jan 2019 #20

It may be the dumbest idea in history. Dave Starsky Jan 2019 #34

It's gotta win some kind of "Stupid Award" for the best of "The Stupid!" n/t RKP5637 Jan 2019 #40

the answer is fix the immigration system. ginnyinWI Jan 2019 #21

That plus hold the employers truly criminally responsible rather than just the illegal immigrants cstanleytech Jan 2019 #28

Including Tump for his illegal hiring at Bedminster........ Bengus81 Jan 2019 #58

Tech upgrade underpants Jan 2019 #60

Why doesn't someone in the media ask Trump watoos Jan 2019 #22

The wall idea is stupid as shit no matter how you cut it (pun intended). cstanleytech Jan 2019 #25

Tunneled under, climbed over, sawn through... Dave Starsky Jan 2019 #30

Any fixed fortification MosheFeingold Jan 2019 #27

Depends on where they are doing the cutting. cstanleytech Jan 2019 #29

OK MosheFeingold Jan 2019 #32

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That's what Dems keep trying to tell that fucking IDIOT---TECHNOLOGY Bengus81 Jan 2019 #59

Give me a battery powered grinder, watoos Jan 2019 #52

A cordless recip saw, a few charged batteries, and you're in! House of Roberts Jan 2019 #35

And maybe an Oxy-fuel cutting torch to go with it. n/t RKP5637 Jan 2019 #42

That was my first thought. Still In Wisconsin Jan 2019 #43

Yip, or a battery powered grinder with cutting discs. watoos Jan 2019 #53

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Adamantium Dave Starsky Jan 2019 #63

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