Krauthammer: Good Intentions Not Enough To Secure Border

Washington Post Writers Group ^ | May 19, 2006 | Charles Krauthammer

[RWR8189]

WASHINGTON -- I do not doubt the president's sincerity in wanting to humanize and regularize the lives of America's 11 million illegal aliens.

But good intentions are not enough. For decades, the well-traveled road from the Mexican border to the barrios of Los Angeles has been paved with such intentions. They begat the misguided immigration policy that created the crisis that necessitated the speech that purports to offer, finally, the ``comprehensive'' solution.

Hardly. The critical element -- border enforcement -- is farcical.

President Bush promises to increase the number of border agents. That was promised in the Simpson-Mazzoli amnesty legislation in 1986. The result was 11 million new illegals.

The president himself boasted about having already increased the number of border guards by one-third under his administration. Yet he acknowledges in the same speech that we do not have the border under control -- "full control,'' as he comically put it. The president's new solution? Increase the number of border guards again, by half this time.

Everyone knows that anything short of enough border guards to do Hands Across America from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean won't do a thing to eliminate illegal immigration.

[APFel]

APF reporting the truth that you are an idiot is not a personal attack its just stating the truth.

Maybe if you worked real hard and pulled your head down the air around your nose won't be so warm at body temperature and smell like say sewage??

Very well. I may be an idiot, but at least I know where to place punctuation in a sentence. So what does that make you? A genius?

APf

[APFel]

I'm sure it was a joke. I've posted similar comments about Rush out of sarcasm.

I don't think folks recognize sarcasm around here anymore. Folks are wound up so tight (can you believe I got three personal attacks and nine responses for such a silly comment?) that they are willing to go bananas over just about anything. Forget them. I like having a full pingsheet.

APf

[KoRn]

I hear ya. I used to be able to post such things, and people would know humor when they saw it. Those days are over. Now you MUST use a /sarc tag, or risk being zotted and or sacked lol.

[Primetimedonna]

Ping! Thought you might find this interesting.

[Primetimedonna]

Thanks for the ping, Nutmeg!

[dennisw]

Fred Barnes is revolting on illegal immigration. It's impossible for me to take him seriously on anything else now.

[Mr. Mojo]

Check out Barnes' latest.

.........and my response to his lunacy.

[dennisw]

Mojo-- I've seen Fred Barnes spout his pro illegal alien shit on TV. Makes me sick. He is way too contented with his inside the beltway lifestyle and happy with his inside the beltway indulgence of his little brown pets from Mexico on down south. The DC hacks and their sycophants need their damn lawns mowed and children looked after by bargain basement illegal alien labor

This invasion has racial dimension that more and more are becoming aware of. Simply put: We are being invaded by Indians and semi Indians of Mexico/Central America. The pure Spanish oligarchies are off loading their unwanted Mestizos onto the stupid American people. Stupid on illegals at least but hopefully wising up fast to this Spanish scam. Scamming the Anglos they have hated for centuries going way back to England versus Spain

[dennisw]

post #68 is for you!!

[Nova]

"Ahem. Personal attacks are not allowed on FR"

I'm a big Krauthammer fan; there are very few in the MSM with anything near his level of intelligence and common sense. And it's obvious that I've become rather touchy on this whole issue.

My apologies for the attack.

[FOXFANVOX]

Thanx for the ping, PTD. Krauthammer gets it; McCain and his crony Graham do not. While they are trying to negotiate Social Security and, worse, US citizenship for the invading law breakers, many in the House are trying to focus on job one: securing our borders. One can only hope that voters will remember at election time which politicians put Illegals well being ahead of Americans well being.