Security is one of the most reptilian concept in politics. It can hardly be measured and insured. The Trump camp needs to accept this and the electorate should reflect a bit deeper into the implications of a cheap statement.
Don't get me wrong I do support Trump. But that is contained within the limits of logic and reason. This article came after being confronted to Trump opponents. I had the brilliance of answering the wall's objections with "It's pretty much already there". That shut the debate quick, but again, was I right? So here I am, surveying the question.
What is Trump's wall and might it be feasible? Let's have a look at it! The implications are massive, not only in costs for a country now over 200% dept to GDP. The US might be the greatest nation in the world, but there are things stronger; i.e. NATURE!
On the 3200 km stretch between California and Texas, many wildlife reserves, dry river beds, obstacles and... people. Here is a 3D Google tour on how to block migrants in a swamp how politics can complicate many, many things...
1. The fascinating beach drift preventer near El Yogourt Place, Paseo Costero 728 Costa, Tijuana, B.C., Mexico
32.534279, -117.123857
2. The wall might not end up to spec in terms of height near Aeropuerto Abelardo L. Rodriguez, Tijuana, B.C., Mexico
32.545268, -116.984475
3. It's always better to do it like in Europe even if it's a bit more complicated and split your border according to geography, because now they will need to make it complicated anyways. San Diego County, California,
32.563291, -116.788200
4. What the flood is going on in Imperial County, California,
32.675119, -115.369373
5. Building a wall is a simple concept, until you have to decide where it will pass to generate the least impact on Americans living quiet lives of cohabitation; Colorado River, California/Arizona border:
32.706222, -114.728704
6. The beauty of being the US is that in case a river crosses into Mexico, you just block the "dam" thing and let the Spaniard plebs have the rest. If you take our agua Senior, we take your jobs! Sality Canal Road. San Luis, AZ 85349,
32.488291, -114.788708
7. A great PT for the military engineers is under way, you'll go put up those new fences south of base boys? Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range of Wellton, AZ,
32.261351, -114.043990
8. Good luck with messing or blocking this one (there are several of these dry rivers all along the border) in Sells, AZ 85634,
31.558543, -111.782498
Arizona has various interception contraptions on its Southern border, from camera high posts (31°20'03.0"N 109°28'01.7"W) to gated sections (31°20'02.4"N 109°19'52.5"W).
9. If the US do not want to give any square inch of ground to the Mexican's this one will be tricky near Terneros Creek sandy patch, Presidio County TX,
29.513366, -104.262430
10. Make great floating walls great again (?) around Beckwith Arm peninsula, Zapata, TX 78076,
26.700140, -99.152016
11. Will the wall preserve our mosquitos as well? The sexy swamps North of Anzalduas will make some regret this in Mission, TX 78572,
26.149756, -98.337663
12. Where will it stop on the river branch of Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, East Texas, Gulf of Mexico?
25°57'28.8"N 97°08'49.5"W
It is so naive to think that a wall will stop starving Guatemala migrants that it begs the question: Could we just all get along together?
I can't speak for the geography, but people have already estimated the cost of the wall - legitimate sources, like CNN, who discussed the cost with engineers.
The wall would cost around:
$10,000,000,000
Obama just pushed a fiscal year budget of:
$4,000,000,000,000
$4,000,000,000,000 - $10,000,000,000 = $3,990,000,000,000.
Considering the wall would also take about 4 years to make, splitting that $10 billion across 4 years, its actually like this:
$4,000,000,000,000 - $2,500,000,000 = $3,997,500,000,000
Which makes the cost of building the wall 0.063% of the current fiscal year budget for the federal government over the period of 4 years.
Even with cost overruns, the cost would be statistically insignificant.
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Did you see that movie 'Sicario' how they were digging tunnels, under the border?
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