Why the whole world thinks the Republican-Bush wall in the Mexican border is a retrograde and paranoid idea?

Answer 1

it's not paranoia when so many people are crossing the border illegally. and they're not all coming here for legal work.

Answer 2

Because it is primitive and is not an effective plan of action. This will merely be "The Great Wall of America", merely cementing the U.S. as an imperial power, AMERICA IS SUPPOSED TO BE ANTI-IMPERIALISM! The wal will not stop immigrants from coming into the U.S., it will only greaten the chances of the immigrants being killed in the process, the wall will do no good.

Also, where is the Bush Admnisitration going to find the money to make a functional wall alongisde the American-Mexican Boreder? The Iraq War has already put us in enough debt, the wall will only further hurt the economy, more than illegals stealing jobs that nobody else wants to do has.

P.S. The Bush Administration's reputation with the rest of the world before the idea was so horrible, that an idea that they are mildly against that the administration brings up they'll be further against the idea to strengthen their disgust of the administration.

Answer 3

I'm a liberal who supports very few of Bush's policies. The wall however I agree with. That said, The world disaproves of the wall because it looks like "iron curtain" type of policy and is percieved as racist. Since many of the same countries who are criticizing the wall have as strict if not strictor immigration policies, I believe these critics are to varying degrees hypocrites. Try to get into Spain from Morrocco for example.

I do agree that the wall will stop few if any illegals, but it sends a message that opinion is turning against totally open borders. If employers are prosecuted, and the border patrol is beefed up significantly (tripled or quadrupled), the issue of illegal immigration will become moot.

Answer 4

The whole world may be right.

Perhaps we should reduce the motivation for people to sneak across the border. Realize, that 99.99% of the illegals coming across the border are just coming here for a job. They're ready to work hard, to send money back to their families. How much of a problem is this really?

If we expanded our guest worker program, and started to crack down on business that hire illegals (but allowed them to apply to hire guest workers), this could all be done above board... and taxed! So- it would become a revenue source, rather than drain.

Silly Americans. This country was built on immigration! But the natural bigotism of the small minded takes over.

Answer 5

Retrograde means moving backwards, to an earlier state. Possibly an inferior state, but not. Prior to NAFTA we didn't have this huge crushing influx of illegals. Maybe we want to go back to not having millions of illegals?
And paranoid? Racist? If the whole world thinks that, name one country that wouldn't have a problem with 5 million Mexicans moving there illegally.
Shoot, Mexico doesn't want illegals either. They close their southern border and ship off the ones they can't support to the USA. And then ***** about us wanting a fence.
Give me a break.

Answer 6

I quit giving a damn what the world thinks of us. Far as I'm concerned, wall up both borders, mine the coast, bring all the troops around the world home, close our bases, keep our dollars here and use them for our own people. Let the rest of the world deal with the Muslim whacko's, call us when it's over.

Answer 7

Because it's not going to actually solve the problem, and previous wall attempts have only ended in tears.
Frankly, I can think of a lot of betther things to spend my tax money on.

Answer 8

because it reminds us of the walls of China and Berlin. It will only eventually be broken. if america wants less immigrants, we will stop hiring them.
by the way, we don't so we won't.

Answer 9

the mexicans are comming

Answer 10

not the whole world, I for one think it is a great idea