The history of walls or barriers between countries have a history of bloodshed and failure, which Tom Tancredo and others should take into account. Congressman Tom Tancredo (r-Colorado) ask President Bush to 'man' the American/ Mexico Border with US Military troops just a few days ago.
The China Wall ( a Wonder of the World site) failed to keep out the barbarians, the Berlin Wall failed to keep its citizens within its boundaries, and the two barriers erected by israeli, the Gaza Strip Barrier and the West Bank Barrier, has only inflamed the Palestinians to further violence. The Walls and Barriers tend to do just the opposite of their intended purpose, as will the American/Mexico Wall proposed by Mr. Tancredo.
What the Walls have done is hindered communications and information between adversaries. All of the Walls, Barriers, and fences, have had their temporary days of infamy amid bloody violence, which have lead us, and will lead us nowhere.
Rather, we need an open and free dialog with those across the contentious borders, and not wall them off. Solutions require intelligent input from all sides of a border dispute, and the more complex the dispute, the higher the intelligience level must be.
As Progressive Democrats we can take the lead away from 'shoot-em-dead' Tom Tancredo and his supporters by opening up free and open two-way discussions with the Government, the politicans, and the people of Mexico and not build a Wall of Hindrance beween us.