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Originally Posted by Rags123
Your post is right on. If the United States does not lead in this war, nobody will.
Listen, Britian...our staunch ally will not commit to bombing (that may change with the recent beheading).
For a few years, this infiltration has been taking place and we have turned our back, and did it openly. Certainly saw nobody stand up and give leadership. This threat is NOT simply in Iraq, Syria etc. Check what is happening in Turkey, Libya, etc.
And you are correct...we have had cyber attacks....these are simply test cases and we just shrug this off and talk about how war weary we are. There was a post recently from someone visiting Israel, who sort of questioned that phrase...war weary...as she looked around a country who is bombed pretty much on a regular basis.
I believe this is a serious situation....one that requires congressional discussion and agreement by the way.....and I talk a lot about border security. This is not a political game.....the enemy is attempting to defeat us NOT with armed warfare as we know traditionally, but by "infiltrating" us......and they know our borders...they know about all the borders in the middle east. NOW is not the time to be ignoring border security.
If anyone feels the next comment is political, I apologize. We are far behind in this war. We have ignored our own laws relating to the border. We have ignored the governors of those states asking for help. We have ignored Syria for at least two years despite our national security advisors saying we cannot along with the military. I do not know why, but I do know that now is the time to act. I hope we act ACCORDINGLY.
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Rags back at you because I also agree with you concerning our unguarded borders. The instant I hear someone say what are we suppose to do alerts me to the fact that in that person's mind we are already defeated in that area. There is much that can be done to defeat illegals at the border. The truth is that the present Administration and their following want no borders because it will have an adverse effect on the upcoming election. We can find a terrorist thousand miles away send a drone over to kill him but we can't find a person crossing the border in the open? Its a matter of will determination commitment. No one anticipated WWI or WWII would take place but they did . The French initially did not want to commit to WWII and we had to go in and rescue them. The war drums are beating and the enemy is beating them loudly and often and we can face the reality and work with it or ignore it and have it work against us. Where is John Wayne when you need him?