I will try to list ideas of Tweety Twump I agree with, so first, lets make it clear the "wall" was not Tweety Twump's idea. It has been there for years before Tweety said the word "wall." So I can / must agree with a border wall.
"Nearly 700 Miles of Fencing at the US-Mexico Border Already Exist"
By JULIA JACOBO
Jan 26, 2017, 6:38 AM ET
http://abcnews.go.com/US/700-miles-fencing-us-mexico-border-exist/story?id=45045054
"Under the Secure Fence Act, the pedestrian border fencing completed in fiscal year 2007 was estimated to cost about $2.8 million per mile, according to a 2009 report from the Government Accountability Office. It was constructed using mostly the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the National Guard, according to the Congressional Research Service. The 2009 report also found that fencing constructed in fiscal year 2008, which mostly used private contractors, cost about $3.9 million per mile."
"Building a new 1,000-mile wall could cost as much as $40 billion, according to an analysis published in the MIT Technology Review. Maintenance of barriers along the southern border will also be costly. The Congressional Research Service estimated in 2009 that double layer fencing would cost an estimated $16.4 million to $70 million per mile over 25 years, depending on the amount of damage sustained."
Many past US Presidents built a wall on the Mexico - US border. Walls and fences have been there for many years before Tweety pushed the "Wall."
Obama worked on a wall on the Mexican border. It is only a big deal because Tweety Twump literally brags he will make Mexico pay, so he disrespects the entire country of Mexico. Tweeety is imposing a 20% import tax to do that, making Americans pay more for all Mexican goods. And this is not to overlook Tweety called Mexicans rapists and murders.
The difference between Obama and Tweety is clear. Obama did not make the "wall" (fence) a big deal while enhancing it. It is there and it is mostly a fence, so who cares? Obama did not try to make Mexico pay for it, and Obama did not disrespect Mexico as Tweety did. Obama was subtle, not bombastic.
The people coming across the Mexican border are children and women running from violence, and if any of the men coming across the border are rapists and murderers, they are not more than American rapists and murderers, i.e., see Chicago and all our major cities.
Sadly Tweety disrespects Mexico by saying they are bad people, and that they will pay for the wall. Then in his twisted, sick, bullying way he doubles down that disrespect of all of Mexico by saying Mexico does not respect America and Mexico does bad things to America, both lies. Tweety says Mexico must respect America? This is the sick, confusing side of Tweety that turns my stomach.
Tweety seeoms to think I am stupid, and do not see his hypocrisy. Tweety contradicts himself in a span of minutes on various topics, so how can I believe what he says? How can I understand him? I worry he does not understand his own ideas.
"President Trump's Executive Orders on Immigration Explained"
By Jordyn Phelps
Jan 26, 2017, 9:05 PM ET
"One section of the executive order sheds light on how the United States might find the funds to build the wall, instructing the head of government departments and agencies to identify all sources of aid or foreign assistance the United States has given to Mexico in the past five years.But total U.S. aid to Mexico in 2016 was $161 million, which is only a fraction of the estimated cost.
Trump has estimated the wall could cost $8 billion to $12 billion. He told MSNBC host Tamron Hall last February that he only needed a 1,000-mile wall along the nearly 2,000-mile border. “Of the 2,000, we don’t need 2,000, we need 1,000 because we have natural barriers … and I’m taking it price per square foot and a price per square, you know, per mile,” he said of how he arrived at his estimated cost.
However, an analysis published in the MIT Technology Review noted that building a new 1,000-mile wall could cost as much as $40 billion. Their breakdown includes the current price of steel and concrete.
For comparison, the portion of the 700 miles of fencing built in 2007, under the Secure Fence Act of 2006 signed by President Bush, was estimated at about $2.8 million a mile, according to the Congressional Research Service in a 2009 report to Congress. That cost did not include expenses for upkeep."
"Trump prepares orders that cut UN funding and target treaties"
"A proposed executive order by President Trump that would decrease funding to international organizations could severely curtail the work of United Nations agencies, which rely on billions of dollars annually from the United States."
By Max Fisher New York Times January 25, 2017
"The first of the two draft orders, titled “Auditing and Reducing U.S. Funding of International Organizations” and obtained by The New York Times, calls for terminating funding for any U.N. agency or other international body that meets any one of several criteria.
Those criteria include organizations that give full membership to the Palestinian Authority or Palestine Liberation Organization, or support programs that fund abortion or any activity that circumvents sanctions against Iran or North Korea. The draft order also calls for terminating funding for any organization that “is controlled or substantially influenced by any state that sponsors terrorism” or is blamed for the persecution of marginalized groups or any other systematic violation of human rights."
I am not convinced it is wise to see the PLO as the enemy, or to deny their representation of the Palestinians. The PLO is controversial for sure.
"Palestinian Authority (PA), on its website (accessed Jan. 1, 2003), provided the following description of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO):
"The PLO was created in Jerusalem in 1964, following a decision of the League of Arab States, with the first meeting of the Palestine National Council (PNC). The first Council, made up of 422 leading Palestinian representatives, adopted the Palestinian National Charter and formally created the PLO, headed by a Palestinian lawyer who had worked for several Arab governments as a diplomat, Ahmed Shuquairy.
The creation of the PLO marked a change in attitude among Palestinians: In the past, they saw Arab unification as a solution to their problem. The failure in 1961 of unification between Egypt and Syria on one hand and the success of the struggle for national liberation in Algeria in 1962 on the other, were decisive factors in their new awareness."
http://israelipalestinian.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=000386
It is a sensitive idea to consider the PLO as a useful entity to negotiate peace with, but who else can do it?
Go here to read more of the Jewish Virtual Library description of the PLO. I like to keep in mind that there are radical Jewish groups, typically called Zionists, who may not be ready to seek peace.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/history-and-overview-plo
"By 1967, the PLO had decided that their primary goal was the destruction of the State of Israel. Over the next ten years, this goal was the primary focus of the massive terrorist campaign by which their reputation was formed. This terror war caused hundreds of casualties, on both sides, with very little to show in return for the Palestinian cause. Therefore, in PLO the PLO made a conscious decision to alter its focus from based purely on terrorism to one that would include the diplomatic and political elements necessary for meaningful dialogue.
The PLO's partial-reversal in ideology created unhappiness among many of its followers who felt that the organization was not finding its mark. This led to the creation of yet another splinter group called the Rejectionist Front. It was at this time that Yasser Arafat and his group, Fatah, took over the leadership of the PLO.
Things began to change quickly when the PLO gained international recognition from the United Nations as the primary representative of the Palestinian people. Arafat deftly manipulated the organization from one perceived by the West as barbaric into one considered a freedom movement with legitimate claims. Israel, perhaps sensing the growing sympathy, redoubled its efforts to eliminate the Palestinian threat.
In 1982, the Israel Defense Forces launched the First Lebanon War, sweeping into Beirut and forcing the PLO to flee from its bastion. In a decision that radical Palestinians resented, Arafat agreed to come to the bargaining table to discuss peace with Israeli leaders. Little came of these talks, and soon after dissension within the ranks of the PLO became more pronounced and some of the moderate leaders were assassinated."
I do not mind Tweety withholding funds from the UN if the UN can survive. That is an idea that might work, but if it backfires, and the in collapses, the world is in trouble. I am not sure the UN is a club for people to go and have a good time.
