France did something right for once!

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally posted by Undertoad
Tom Friedman was convincing on the troop numbers being the real problem. He noted that since most of the real troublemakers are coming in from other countries, more troops would have enabled them to close off the borders and make it more difficult and prevent a lot of the chaos.

I dunno how many troops would be necessary to close off the desert border, or what sort of crystal ball would have been necessary to envision and plan for such a thing. I guess if we had enough of them they could all just link hands across the desert or something.

We did the same thing in Afgahanistan and it makes no sense to me. If you're trying to chase them out, all well and good. But if you're catch them, seal the exits, Duh.
It seems to me me with all the high tech gadgetry, especially night vision capabilities, they ought to be able to watch the borders. Even easier when it's a god damned desert.