(1) Let us say that an intruder(s) sneaked through your vault basement door to rob you, and inadvertently, you closed the door, locking him or her or them inside.
You then went on vacation, returned two weeks later and the persons locked in your vault basement had died of thirst.
What if one had brought a child along who had also perished in a terrible agony?
Would you feel ashamed that your security was so good that they died trying to rob you?
You don't?
Try a Different Scenario
(2) You have posted signs, put up lights, and you even have guards and dogs.
But the economic times are hard in surrounding communities. Every night, your property and your sense of well-being are invaded by those who want what you have.
Finally, a group, accompanied by armed criminals whom group members hired to lead them past your security, is cornered, arrested and taken to jail.
Would you feel guilty that these people were incarcerated?
You don't?
Would you feel angry if a judge just took them back to their community and set them free to try again?
It Must Be Recall Time
Would you become very angry and demand the immediate recall of any politician who sympathized with the criminal intruders and even wanted to give them part of your land and money to make their lives easier?
You don't agree with these fictional official decisions ?
We can probably agree that there is no way you should let a criminal, or group of criminals, treat you that way. You would demand the head of anyone in the criminal justice system who acted in sympathy with them.
But it is okay to leave an entire country open to what you would not tolerate in your own home and its environs?
So what are your thoughts on illegal immigration this morning?
Maj. Mark A. Smith, U.S. Army (ret.),served in Vietnam and Cambodia. He was a Prisoner of War. He may be contacted at majorzippo@yahoo.com
