To the editor:
Those who think that a wall along the Mexican border should be built should read about the history of the Berlin Wall.
The Berlin Wall was 27 miles long, 12 feet high and 4 feet thick. It actually was a double wall with a death strip in between with watchtowers, floodlights, machine guns attached to trip wires, vicious guard dogs, mines, and guards with orders to shoot to kill. The total wall along the entire East German border was 90 miles. Over 5000 people escaped over, under and through the wall in over 30 years, and 138 were shot dead.
Trump's wall would be 1,989 miles long through difficult terrain and would cost $8 to 10 billion. And it won't work.
Those who think that a wall along the Mexican border should be built should read about the history of the Berlin Wall.
The Berlin Wall was 27 miles long, 12 feet high and 4 feet thick. It actually was a double wall with a death strip in between with watchtowers, floodlights, machine guns attached to trip wires, vicious guard dogs, mines, and guards with orders to shoot to kill. The total wall along the entire East German border was 90 miles. Over 5000 people escaped over, under and through the wall in over 30 years, and 138 were shot dead.
Trump's wall would be 1,989 miles long through difficult terrain and would cost $8 to 10 billion. And it won't work.
