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BIGGEST illegal immigration problem of overstay of Visa's

So you admit he does not need $5B for a wall.

We always leave a bloody disastrous mess. Follow the Hippocratic oath: first, do no harm.

It doesn't solve ANY portion of the BIGGEST illegal immigration problem of overstay of Visa's.

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U.S. envoy to coalition fighting ISIS resigns in protest of Trump’s Syria decision

That is certainly not unexpected. There will be more resignations and a new policy will emerge. That is what happens. Whether Trump's approach is right or wrong our soldiers will not be dying while we make up our minds. There are military families out there and I am sure some are thanking God that their spouse will be out of harms way.

Follow the Hippocratic oath: first, do no harm.

Don’t understand what is unclear. The few US troops in the area are a deterrent to a Turkish assault that could be murderous and destructive. Since I don’t enjoy seeing Kurds massacred once again, the way they are being massacred right now in southeast Turkey, I think it makes sense to keep these small forces as a deterrent. There is no other potential deterrent. The goal should [be] a holding action until, with luck, some diplomatic procedure can lead to the least worst outcome. I don’t think there is an ideal endgame. Any likely outcome I can think of is ugly.

Yes, logical fallacies should be rooted out, and the anti-imperialist doesn’t stop being a human being, one who recognizes that generally valid principles can’t be applied mechanically without considering circumstances.

The other crucial question is the status of the Kurdish areas — Rojava. In my opinion, it makes sense for the United States to maintain a presence which would deter an attack on the Kurdish areas. They have the one part of Syria which is succeeded in sustaining a functioning society with many decent elements. And the idea that they should be subjected to an attack by their bitter enemies the Turks, or by the murderous Assad regime I think is anything should be done to try to prevent that.

The United States, like other great powers, does not pursue humanitarian objectives. It pursues objectives determined by power considerations, and they lead to different positions with regard to the Kurds or others at different times.

So, for example, in the 1970s there was a time when the United States supported Kurds against Saddam Hussein. Shortly after a deal was made in which they sacrificed the Kurds to Saddam Hussein. That led to Henry Kissinger’s famous comment that we shouldn’t confuse foreign policy with missionary activity.

It’s entirely true that especially in the 1990s Clinton was pouring arms into Turkey for the purpose of carrying out massive, murderous, destructive attacks against the Kurdish population of Turkey in the Southeast — enormously destructive.

That does not change the fact that now the United States could, with a relatively small presence, deter attacks against the Kurds in Syria, which could destroy the one part of Syria that is actually functioning at a decent fashion.

I’ve been told that I should read and listen to Chomsky.

Report Shows Border Wall Would Save The US 12 to $15 billion a year

If a border wall prevented 160,000 to 200,000 illegal crossings (excluding descendants) in the next 10 years it would be enough to pay for the estimated $12 to $15 billion costs of the wall.
Newly released research by the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) done for the Department of Homeland Security indicates that 170,000 illegal immigrants crossed the border successfully without going through a port of entry in 2015.3 While a significant decline in crossings from a decade ago, it still means that there may be 1.7 million successful crossings in the next decade. If a wall stopped just 9 to 12 percent of these crossings it would pay for itself.

• If a wall stopped half of those expected to successfully enter illegally without going through a port of entry at the southern border over the next 10 years, it would save taxpayers nearly $64 billion — several times the wall's cost.

I’ve been told that I should read and listen to Chomsky.