"Jack Stein" wrote in message
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J. Clarke wrote:

My point is that the Gestapo's razor wire could not keep people in a
little tiny prison, let alone a whole country, hence the notion that
"razor wire backed by an electric fence" will keep Mexicans out of the US
is wishful thinking.

Didn't do too bad containing the East Germans.

If it had been a single fence, it wouldn't have stopped anybody. The guard
towers, dog runs and 100 yards of clear (shooting) space between fences had
a lot to do with it. They rarely shot anyone though. They usually just put
the dogs on them.