The only thing I feel silly about is wasting my time thinking I was having a conversation with someone who was serious. You want to surrender the Rio Grande to Mexico but make it ok because you can put in a pipe.
“The only thing I feel silly about is wasting my time thinking I was having a conversation with someone who was serious. You want to surrender the Rio Grande to Mexico but make it ok because you can put in a pipe. “
And you want OPEN BORDERS with Mexico. They can have the damn river - we have pipes, so we’ll get our share of the water. As for rafting, I prefer to do that at safer locations.
Some people, given a choice between "building a fence" and "securing the border" will choose "build the fence".
Even where it's a bad idea.
Like along a river passing through an arid to semi-arid area.
For guidance, perhaps we should check out how the Israelis secure the River Jordan border between Jordan and the West Bank.
It's not a fence. It's a series of armed outposts, connected by a road.
Blocking access to a river coursing through a semi-arid landscape will inconvenience only your own citizens. While enabling the citizens of the country on the opposite bank.