sass
1) they were eventually overcome. (By canons)
2) although they protected the city, the protection of Constantinople didn't slow down the Turks in the Balkans... You cannot project power very far from behind a wall.And you need to feed your populace, which comes from beyond the wall.
Even the Hospitallers for at Krak de Chevalliers had to be abandoned, because it had no support. And it was a truly magnificent defence for its time.
There are lessons from the history of walls for the US.
Walls have limited effects. even the most successful. And the cost of building and maintaining a barrier has to be gauged against alternatives.
Even the Great Wall of China was an expensive failure. Security was often found in other ways than manning the wall.
http://gbtimes.com/life/failure-great-wall
fate
I read. Stuff other than Hot Air and Breitbart...
Here's an interesting article on how they keep their labor cost down.... and why there are so proficient at creating their networks of tunnels.
I guess you could say, sometimes they offer powerful incentives to their labor...
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/ ... monte-reel
You want to get rid of the illegal market for drugs? Legalize its sale through specific regulated locations and keep those prices low.
You want to get rid of illegal immigration. Make it virtually impossible to find someone who will give illegals a job. As it is there are industries that rely on illegal immigrants.
A $14 billion dollar wall, will quickly become a $30 billion dollar boondoggle. And by the time its finished the cartels will have dozens, if not hundreds of ways past it.
But it will be one more place Trump can plaster his name... in big gold letters. The Great Trump Wall
fate
If this is negotiating he's really stupid negotiating. All of the cost, and all of the damage will be taken on by American consumers. Its shooting ones self in the foot.
By the way, 80% of America's avocados come from Mexico. You don't like guacamole?
The Mexicans can always find other markets too.
http://www.freshplaza.com/article/15675 ... ado-market
In fairness, the walls of Constantinople stood for centuries before they were eventually overcome
1) they were eventually overcome. (By canons)
2) although they protected the city, the protection of Constantinople didn't slow down the Turks in the Balkans... You cannot project power very far from behind a wall.And you need to feed your populace, which comes from beyond the wall.
Even the Hospitallers for at Krak de Chevalliers had to be abandoned, because it had no support. And it was a truly magnificent defence for its time.
There are lessons from the history of walls for the US.
Walls have limited effects. even the most successful. And the cost of building and maintaining a barrier has to be gauged against alternatives.
Even the Great Wall of China was an expensive failure. Security was often found in other ways than manning the wall.
http://gbtimes.com/life/failure-great-wall
fate
Do tell us about how they pay for the tunnels. Have you done that kind of work, or are you a drug lord? You clearly have some expertise. How did you obtain it?
I read. Stuff other than Hot Air and Breitbart...
Here's an interesting article on how they keep their labor cost down.... and why there are so proficient at creating their networks of tunnels.
Fernando never heard back from Mama Mia. Eventually, desperate for work, he called the stranger’s number and met him at the strip mall. The man offered good money—twelve hundred pesos (about seventy-five dollars) a week—and Fernando agreed to go with him to look at the job site. From the strip mall, a highway leads north, past the graffiti-covered concrete walls surrounding the Tijuana Airport to the pitted roads of Garita de Otay, where convoys of eighteen-wheelers stir up dust that never quite settles. The warehouses, bland and beige, resemble cardboard boxes.
They stopped in front of a structure with no identifying marks except the street address, stencilled in black. Inside, behind a rolling gate, was a loading bay big enough to accommodate a dump truck. Inside was a storage room with cinder-block walls. Fernando didn’t see anyone else in the storage room—just a deep hole and sacks of dirt. The man told Fernando that things had changed: he would be digging a tunnel, not cleaning a store. If he tried to leave, he and his family would be killed.
I guess you could say, sometimes they offer powerful incentives to their labor...
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/ ... monte-reel
You want to get rid of the illegal market for drugs? Legalize its sale through specific regulated locations and keep those prices low.
You want to get rid of illegal immigration. Make it virtually impossible to find someone who will give illegals a job. As it is there are industries that rely on illegal immigrants.
A $14 billion dollar wall, will quickly become a $30 billion dollar boondoggle. And by the time its finished the cartels will have dozens, if not hundreds of ways past it.
But it will be one more place Trump can plaster his name... in big gold letters. The Great Trump Wall
fate
Don't worry about our "avacados" (sic). That tariff won't happen. It's negotiating.
If this is negotiating he's really stupid negotiating. All of the cost, and all of the damage will be taken on by American consumers. Its shooting ones self in the foot.
By the way, 80% of America's avocados come from Mexico. You don't like guacamole?
The Mexicans can always find other markets too.
China has potential to become huge avocado market
Mexico started sending avocados to Japan around 15 years ago, which has made it one of the most developed markets in Asia. However, with increased education and recent clearance to China, the established market in Japan has become a good template for the great potential of the up and coming Chinese market.
http://www.freshplaza.com/article/15675 ... ado-market