On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 15:26:10 GMT, Gunner
wrote:

Your Border Patrol buddies seem to have forgotten one HUGE undefended
border - that between our terrorist-cell-harbouring country (Canada)
and the largest and most vulnerable and resource-richest state in the
Union - Alaska.
You're just ripe for the plucking by Muslim, anti-American,pro-Arab,
white-hating Inuit and Native Americans!

:-) ------please note.

Mike in BC

It would have been nice if that page on the 'enemy to the north' had
even one fact right in the entire section! For example:

Quote "If Montreal resident Ahmed Ressam, the Algerian-born Al-Qaida
operative who was caught by vigilant U.S. border inspectors, had simply
walked across the Canadian border through the woods near Detroit, his
bombs would have brought untold death and destruction to his planned
target, LAX, and possibly killed more people than were killed on 9/11."
/Quote

It is physically impossible to walk from Canada to Detroit. There are
only three crossing points, two road links (bridge and tunnel) and one
rail link (tunnel). The road links are heavily manned on both sides,
with no pedestrians allowed and the rail link is covered by CCTV cameras
and the last time anyone attempted to 'walk' through the tunnel they
were either caught within a few yards of entering or ended up as red
smears on the walls.

There are no 'woods' near Detroit (except in parks) and the urban sprawl
extends many tens of miles beyond the city limits.

In fact there is nowhere in the entire state of Michigan where you can
simply 'walk' across the border from Canada unchallenged. It is
completely separated from Canada by water, either by large lakes or
large rivers (large enough for ocean going freighters to travel freely
and pass each other).

Makes you wonder just how many other 'facts' on that site will hold
water ;-).


--
Larry Green