Why do you people listen to the military industrial corporations that make BILLIONS in taxpayer dollars building needless miltary equipment. How much do we need?

This is the number of aircraft carriers of the US and other countries as of 2018:

https://www.globalfirepower.com/navy-aircraft-carriers.asp

The US currently has 20 aircraft carriers to the rest of the wold's 24. The MOST any other country have is 4 piece. And NONE of them can match the capabilities of the US carriers. GEEZ!

This gddamn bulls**t of spending TRILLIONS on unneeded military crap is what has broke this country NOT needed social and non-existent infrastructure spending. How many time do we need to insanely obliterate the entire earth.

You obviously did not read the entire article, if any at all. But more importantly, you missed my point. One is not necessarily anti-trump in opposing an impractical, unworkable, impossible, waste of taxpayer dollars solution to the invasion of the US by i******s, criminals and terrorists. Walls in certain places would just push the invaders to different areas as has actually happened where a wall/fence/barrier already exists. Walls/fences/barriers in other areas, like along the Rio Grande in Southern Texas would be destroyed by a river subject to flooding, changing directions, etc. Walls/fences/barriers in certain other places would mean cutting farmers, ranchers and wildlife access to the river and even cutting parcels of land in two. In places where a wall/fence barrier is feasible the cost and time to aquire the necessary land will be prohibitive. Proof of this is the fact the out of 360 cases filed against the government for land grabbing along the border years ago, 85 have still not been settled.

http://www.agweb.com/article/trumps-border-wall-would-split-texas-ranch-in-two/

http://www.theodysseyonline.com/why-the-border-wall-wont-work

http://www.rollcall.com/news/policy/appropriators-dont-mess-texas-landowners-border-wall

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/01/unfinished-us-mexico-border-wall-texas-secure-fence-act

http://www.theblaze.com/news/2012/10/15/landowners-along-u-s-mexico-border-claim-govt-is-abusing-its-power-to-take-land-at-unfair-prices

Joy, I don't understand you post. I live in Chesapeake Va. and almost daily see three Aircraft Carriers tied up to pier in Norfolk while four are at sea. We have 11 active Aircraft Carriers with 5 or six at duty at all times.

We have a new Carrier coming on line which is going to replace the Nimitz class with the Gerald Ford class which is so updated it's crazy. If you remember President Trump questioned as to why they were going from steam catapults to magnetic.

My son in law spent 10 years on a Nimitz class carrier and still works at a ship yard refurbishing these great ships.

They can go 20 years without refueling. Their biggest problem is keeping enough food on board to feed 5000 three meals a day. They have three kitchens on board, two Hospitals with Ors. The ships produce their own fresh water from seawater.

I would suggest you Google a carrier. I think you'd be amazed and really enjoy the experience.

I also use to do the pig cook for the SEAL TEAMS in August at Little Creek, Va. Lived with them and had one living at my parents house. God bless America. Mike

Just a thought or two:
The same post-WWII decision makers that created the state of Israel decided that other refugees should have rights also.
That is what is happening. It is much easier to go back to pre-WWII mentality.
I would h**e to be a refugee, especially a child. I can remember being scared as a child.
If there is a problem with the number of refugees coming into the U.S., then it should be solved at the source, the country of origin, not persecuting the victims. End of story

"The proposed border wall between Mexico and the United States threatens to cut through a ranch that has belonged to the Cavazos family for 250 years."

Either they are Mexican citizens squatting on American soil, American citizens breaking Mexican law, or this is simply a lie. NO American can own land in Mexico. If this family has claimed Mexican land they cannot legally own, I pity what the Mexican government will do to them now that they have held up a spotlight.

The best rationale in support of President Trump's position on building a wall to halt i*****l i*********n is explained in this article published on ZeroHedge: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-10/israel-vs-america-capita-cost-border-wall-construction

For those who do not want to take the time to read it, I will summarize the key take-aways:

1) A Wall is effective. -
"The wall Netenyahu is referring to is the Israel-Egypt barrier on the southern border, which began construction in November 2010 and was completed in December 2013. The 152-mile long barrier was built at the urging of Netenyahu to curb an influx of i*****l i*******ts and terrorists from African nations.

Even left-leaning Politifact was forced to admit it worked…

Johnson said Israel cut its i*****l i*********n rate by “99 percent” by constructing a 143-mile fence along its southern border.

Israeli government data support Johnson’s statement. Johnson’s statement is accurate, but needs additional information. We rate it Mostly True."

2) The "Wall is too Costly" - or, "We can't Afford It" -
This one is easy. Israel takes it's security seriously. Many of America's politicians do not. Let's look at the following:

"Clearly, the very tiny country of Israel dev**es an incredible amount of resources to border fencing and security, with an estimated 484 miles of completed walls/fencing and more under construction. Conversely, the US claims to have 580 miles of “barriers” in place already. Israel’s heavy usage of border walls is even more astounding when its size and GDP are considered relative to the US:

Israel

Population (2017 est): 8.7 million

GDP (2017): $350.9 billion (USD)

GDP per capita: $40,333 (USD)

The US

Population (2017 est): 325.7 million

GDP (2017): $19.39 trillion ($19,390 billion USD)

GDP per capita: $59,533 (USD)

Israel’s population is 2.7% of the US population, and its annual GDP is 1.8% that of US GDP. In spite of Israel’s tiny size, population and GDP, the total mileage of completed barriers in the country is just under 25% that of the entire length of the 1,954-mile US-Mexico border.

Putting it into per capita terms, each Israeli citizen is “responsible” for the construction of about 3.5 inches of wall. Conversely, each US citizen is “responsible” for the construction of 0.11 inches of “barrier” – which as Peter Skerry articulated in in 2009, long before Trump or his wall – has been poorly constructed in many areas, often intentionally so."

The article goes on to say, "The opposition to Trump’s border wall ultimately boils down to the argument “it’s a waste of money”. But the same politicians so vociferously opposing a $5.7 billion dollar wall funding request complained, but ultimately funded George W. Bush‘s Iraq war request – despite its $54.4 billion budget for 2003 alone (over nine times Trump’s wall request). That price tag has since ballooned well into the trillions – but Democrats refused to shut the government to prevent it.

Democrats have also refused to shut the government over funding for the US Navy’s wasteful aircraft carrier spending. The last completed aircraft carrier, the USS George W. Bush (CVN-77), was commissioned in 2009 at a cost of $6.2 billion (more than Trump’s wall funding request), and underwent its first deployment in June 2011.

The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) was commissioned in 2017 at a cost of $17.5 billion (including $4.7 billion in R&D for the new carrier class) – and will still require more funding to fix lingering issues with ship engines and EMALS catapults that stilldon’t work properly – before it can undergo its first deployment…

…but that still hasn’t caused Pelosi or Schumer to shut the government down to object to this waste of taxpayer dollars.

In fact, the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) continues to be built, with no contractors or military personnel fired or disciplined, despite not being scheduled to enter service until 2022. And as noted above by Anthony Capaccio, the future USS Enterprise (CVN-80) just began construction with an estimated cost of $12.6 billion, and the unnamed CVN-81 at an estimated price tag of $15 billion was recently approved by the Navy – without any objection from Democrats."

CONCLUSION:

Many Americans don’t mind this government shutdown, and applaud Trump for drawing a line in the sand for what amounts to a rather small funding request in the overall scheme of things. However, “the resistance” is doing this to all of us, as they are so keen on not giving Trump a win, they will risk shutting the government down for what could be months.

If government money is going to be wasted anyway, why not spend it on a border wall – which the Israelis have a decades-long track record as a worthwhile investment?

"The proposed border wall between Mexico and the United States threatens to cut through a ranch that has belonged to the Cavazos family for 250 years."

Either they are Mexican citizens squatting on American soil, American citizens breaking Mexican law, or this is simply a lie. NO American can own land in Mexico. If this family has claimed Mexican land they cannot legally own, I pity what the Mexican government will do to them now that they have held up a spotlight.