Should US Consider A Major Wall Across The Southern Border?

Wait Until You See What the Saudis Are Doing to Keep ISIS Out…

Throughout history, countries have built walls to protect themselves. Americans, however, have been ambivalent about committing 100 percent to building a wall to keep out illegal immigrants and terrorists who try to breach our southernborders. We might learn from one of our allies, which is completely clear about the need for a wall and going forward full speed.

IJReview reports:

Last week, a Saudi general was killed in a skirmish with ISIS at the border with Iraq, along which Saudi Arabia is constructing a 600-mile-long wall:

The prospect of this wall separating Iraq from Saudi Arabia is not a welcome one for ISIS, whose goals include capturing Saudi Arabia – home to the Holy Mosques of Mecca and Medina.

Saudi Arabia’s oil fields are another key strategic goal for the terror group intent on creating a Sharia-run caliphate.

Construction began on the wall last September and, according to Jane’s,

“…consists of 78 monitoring towers, eight command centers, 10 mobile surveillance vehicles, 32 rapid-response centers, and three rapid intervention squads, all linked by a fiber-optic communications network.”

The Kingdom is also creating a 1,000 mile wall along its border with Yemen to the south.

If the Saudis believe a wall is the answer to security threats from beyond their borders, why do some Americans doubt it would work for us? There are some major differences.

First, the U.S.-Mexican border “wall” is actually just a fence rather than a wall with fully integrated security. Second, the Saudi wall is being built across the desert, while the American border involves a river with abundant wildlife. Finally, many property owners on the border oppose building a physical barrier across their land.

Because Saudi Arabia is a kingdom that is ruled with an iron hand, and the United States is a democracy, security decisions are made very differently. Here, major decisions, whether they are implemented through legislation or administratively, are subject to public scrutiny and public input.