A current item in the news, is that US has plans to put up walls to separate two competing groups from each other in Iraq. How effective are walls at protecting people?
The Great Wall of China was fairly effective for a long time. Its effectiveness likely came as a result of the creators of the wall choosing to build, fortify, guard and maintain it.
The Berlin was was moderately effective, but to a smaller degree, possible because there were people on both sides that wanted to encourage escape from one side to another.
Isreal is building a wall, but we won't know how effective it will be until time passes.
What about the US decision to add a wall to partition different groups from each other in Iraq?
From my view, this will quickly fail, while both sides are interested in bypassing it to kill each other. Externally imposed defensive system attacked by both sides would seem to have a short life-span.
What do you think? Do you think other kinds of physical security would be more effective?
(Please, no politics. No need to flame leader's or make claims about who is right or wrong. I've got no problem /dev/nulling a topic I start if it goes political.)
The Great Wall of China was fairly effective for a long time. Its effectiveness likely came as a result of the creators of the wall choosing to build, fortify, guard and maintain it.
The Berlin was was moderately effective, but to a smaller degree, possible because there were people on both sides that wanted to encourage escape from one side to another.
Isreal is building a wall, but we won't know how effective it will be until time passes.
What about the US decision to add a wall to partition different groups from each other in Iraq?
From my view, this will quickly fail, while both sides are interested in bypassing it to kill each other. Externally imposed defensive system attacked by both sides would seem to have a short life-span.
What do you think? Do you think other kinds of physical security would be more effective?
(Please, no politics. No need to flame leader's or make claims about who is right or wrong. I've got no problem /dev/nulling a topic I start if it goes political.)
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