And incredibly naive.
Naive and to a certain extent unfair. Unfair to ask American military personnel to expend their lives on “noble and well intentioned” when their duty is “protect and defend the United States”.
Also, there was a huge opportunity cost. Post-9/11, President Bush had a huge amount of political capital. Instead of using it to close the border (which would relate directly to future 9/11 attacks), he used it for “noble and well intentioned”.