{"id":17083,"date":"2023-10-08T09:38:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T07:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stolb01web.ddns.net\/wordpress\/?p=17083"},"modified":"2023-10-22T07:13:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T05:13:28","slug":"walls-built-to-be-breached","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stolb01web.ddns.net\/wordpress\/?p=17083","title":{"rendered":"Built to be breached"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Remember Trump\u2019s wall<\/a>? Then you probably also remember the perverse rallying chant of his supporters: Build that wall! Build that …!<\/em> (When it wasn’t Lock her up!<\/em> As an election year again approaches that such populist rabble rousing were but an aberration has been exposed as a pipe dream). I remember some sort of paper m\u00e2ch\u00e9 (well maybe it wasn’t paper m\u00e2ch\u00e9 exactly) prototype for sure and the haphazard erecting of or replacing of barriers in a limited way during this Trump term (I avoid saying \u201cpresidency\u201d!). Exactly what the Biden administration\u2019s position is could be described as fluid. But I do also remember Biden\u2019s election rhetoric (for his more progressive clientele): No wall with me, folks!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, really? This week, succumbing to the pressure of numbers – especially out of Venezuela – and in the face of agitation from (mostly Democratic) mayors of the metropolises (where many of the migrants head) – the Biden administration announced the renewed construction of a physical barrier<\/em> – yes, a wall<\/em>! – in the Rio Grande Valley (and the deportation of Venezuelans). And, yes, I know the ‘appropriation’ argument. That is, congress has appropriated the funding, so it’s got to be spent. Really?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Israel-Gaza barrier<\/a> seen from the Israeli side<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Replacement border fencing construction. California, 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And, today, I think again of walls – this time in Israel, a nation that is seemingly forever building or planning to build<\/a> walls. To keep in or keep out is a matter of perspective. As I write, one such, between Gaza and Israel<\/a>, has been violently breached by Hamas. We are at war<\/em>, says Netanyahu<\/a>. Ergo: walls, like rivers (Rio Grande) or seas (Mediterranean) are limited in their function as a barrier, walls like their natural counterparts are there to be breached, and walls rarely hinder wars rather cement divisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This, another simmering conflict – always there, always ready to ignite. But such an incursion? Why now? Why did the intelligence seemingly fail? What next? I fear swift retaliation from Israel is assured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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