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July 4, 1776 – He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.
Declaration of Independence, excerpt 

US Army says it couldn't win an urban war today

Physically controlling a urban population consisting of tens of millions of people spread over hundreds of square miles with military forces numbering in the tens of thousands not only ignores the force ratios recommended in doctrine but actually inverts them. Virtual isolation is even more improbable given cell phone saturation in urban environments worldwide and global interconnectedness through the World Wide Web. The congestion of ground avenues of approach, combined with the massive size of the megacity environments, makes even getting to an objective from the periphery questionable, let alone achieving an operational effect, says the US Army's Strategic Studies Group in this article, Megacities and The United States Army, at Scribd.

 Remus says – DC has made its choice between their duty to defend our borders and assisting illegal aliens. They've chosen to be the last links in the “coyote” trail. DC is beyond being unresponsive to the people, they've come to believe they're unaccountable to the people.

Right of return – The president is seeking “emergency funding” for the border, he’s not talking about airlifting the kids home where they belong. He’s talking about shelters, humanitarianism, refugees, and every other “warm and fuzzy” liberalista feel-good label that comes along. No Army or National Guard. What is NORTHCOM for, if not to deal with home land security, I wonder? … If a kid comes over the Mexican border, they go back to Mexico.  How hard is that, really?
George Ure at urbansurvival.com

Good neighbors – People say, 'Oh, fences don't work. You make a ladder.' Well, then you build two fences, triple strand fences. San Diego did that in the mid 90's and within a decade, the illegal immigration rate at that point was reduced by 90% and people ended up going through other places like Arizona. If fences don't work, why is there one around the White House? If they don't work, why is it that the Israeli fence which separate Israel from the West Bank has cut down terror attacks within Israel by 99%. Fences work.
Charles Krauthammer, to Bill O'Reilly, via realclearpolitics.com 

 Remus says – DC has made its choice between their duty to defend our borders and assisting illegal aliens. They've chosen to be the last links in the “coyote” trail. DC is beyond being unresponsive to the people, they've come to believe they're unaccountable to the people.