Check out my posts 87 asnd 99 on this thread — with links.
I did, and I am still not buying the reasoning for not building a fence.
From your post:
“There are places along the border that strategic fencing worked, particularly in the metropolitan areas,” Perry said. “The idea that we’re going to build a wall from El Paso to Brownsville doesn’t make sense ‘cause the fact of the matter is you know, number one, you’d never get it built, and it’d cost billions of dollars ... by the time you go from Tijuana to Brownsville.” Perry said that he does support putting “boots on the ground” and using “aviation assets” (i.e. aerial drones) to secure the border.
I see more excuse making here. He is saying building a fence from El Paso to Brownsville doesn't make sense because it would never get built and cost billions of dollars. It hasn't been built because there is no political will, and billions of dollars to secure the border with Mexico seems like a very solid national security investment to me.
I like Perry and of the candidates in the race, I think he is probably our best choice, but the good that is going to come out of this primary is that each of our folks gets fully vetted. As I said, most of the anti-Perry cut and paste jobs and rants about Gardasil are not persuasive, but we definitely need to change the status quo on the border and I think a fence is a darn good place to start. It certainly won't work in a vacuum, but it can be a piece of an overall national security border strategy.