Posted on 07/20/2010 11:13:52 PM PDT by Jeff Gordon
I am confused. My government is telling me you cannot seal a border..???...
I don’t think so.
France’s ML was supposed to stop an invading army — and remains testament to the futilty of fixed structures in modern warefare.
The Israeli wall is not designed to stop, say Eqypt, but the daily infiltrators.
The South Koreans are one upping this. They are developing automated robot gun mounts for the DMV.
The trouble with this rational statement is that we'd all be surprised at what the enemy and their brainless supporters would deem "clearly."
Personally I would add that anyone with their facial features hidden, within the safety zone and carrying obvious weapons or containers of anything are targeted and shot on the spot, no questioned asked.
I have to resort to the obvious observation about war. There can be no rational basis for any "obligation" on the part of the victim of infiltration, for reciprocity in the number of casualties, nor for so-called "proportional response."
One of my pet peeves. It's a lot more than a "social taboo." Too many oung women knocked off on the battlefield = no next generation. Young men, biologically speaking, are expendable; young women are not.
It's not a social taboo. It's an iron biological imperative.
Looking at it from a realistic point of view, it is certainly more humane than a minefield.
Mines don’t think. Step on the trigger, they go boom. This way, there is a human in the loop.
If some little kid chases a ball into the restricted area, the girl on the joystick is not going to hit the trigger. In fact, most girls will be very reluctant to hit that trigger in any case. But if it is an obvious infiltrator carrying something that could be (probably is) something that could kill her or her family, she can do it.
impressive. bookmarking for my daughter to read.
Wow....sounds like their licensing requirements have got a lot more stringent since I was there! :-)
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