THE DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS AND THE LEFTISTS who support them are one of the following: Ignorant of history
Blind to reality
Just plain stupid
Don’t care about U.S. citizens’ security
All of the above
Walls, fences, and similar border barriers have been around for centuries.
AND THE FUNNY THING IS, ex-president Obama funded a wall on MEXICO’S SOUTHERN BORDER and not one — not even one — Democrat/liberal/leftist complained. Not one. Of course this same ex-president also sent millions to a terrorist organization on his last days in office. Again, no Democrat/liberal/leftist voice was heard. None.
The following is a small sampling of Wall information available — and easily accessible to anyone, including Democrats, liberals, and leftists if they care to look. Perhaps Nancy Pelosi and Chas. Schumer could ask someone on the other side of the aisle to help them.
ANCIENT WALL HISTORY
Great Wall of China The history of the Great Wall of China (http://tinyurl.com/yashajvs) began when fortifications built by various states during the Spring and Autumn (771–476 BCE) and Warring States periods (475–221 BCE) were connected by the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, to protect his newly founded Qin dynasty (221–206 BCE) against incursions by nomads. The walls were built of rammed earth, constructed using forced labor, and by 212 BCE ran from Gansu to the coast of southern Manchuria.
Western Wall, Jerusalem Israel The Western Wall, or Kotel, is an ancient limestone wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is a relatively small segment of a far longer ancient retaining wall, known also in its entirety as the "Western Wall". The wall was originally erected as part of the expansion of the Second Jewish Temple begun by Herod the Great, which resulted in the encasement of the natural, steep hill known to Jews as the Temple Mount, in a large rectangular structure topped by a huge flat platform, thus creating more space for the Temple itself and its auxiliary buildings. (http://tinyurl.com/psnp27r)
Mesopotamia (http://tinyurl.com/y9vwlmb3) Walls began to rise around cities throughout Mesopotamia shortly after urbanization began in the region c. 4500 BCE.
The oldest walls found in existence so far are those of the temple of Gobekli Tepe in Urfa, southeast Turkey which date to 11,500 years ago. City walls, which became common for purposes of defense, are first seen around the city of Jericho around the 10th century BCE and the Sumerian city of Uruk which was founded somewhat later (though both cities lay claim to the honor of `first city in the world'). The walls of Uruk were thought to have been built by the great king Gilgamesh upon which he inscribed his heroic deeds which formed the basis for the later epic he is most famous for.
It is thought the very first wall not built around a city was erected by the Sumerian King Shulgi of Ur c. 2038. Shulgi's wall was 155 miles (250 kilometres) long and was built between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers to keep the invading Amorites out of Sumerian lands.
The Great Wall of Gorgan (known as `The Red Snake' due to the red color of the bricks) in modern-day Iran. Built by the Parthian Empire (247 BCE-224 CE) The wall was built as both a defensive construct and a strategic means of observing enemy deployment. It was far more effective than Shulgi's wall and it is thought that the Sasanian Persians learned the lesson of Shulgi's wall and improved upon their own. The Great Wall of Gorgon is over 1,000 years older than the Great Wall of China.
Other ancient walls, according to TMW (http://tinyurl.com/y7kuqwzs), include (following is "cut-and-paste sans editing)
Kano, Nigeria The Kano city wall has a 14 km radius Earth like structure. It was built for protecting the people from outer threats.
Sacsayhuaman, Peru This walled complex was originally built in 13th century,
Constantinople, Turkey The Wall of Constantinople is a defensive stone wall that protected Istanbul city, known as Constantinople in ancient times. The wall was extended in following centuries and named as Theodosian walls.
Dubrovnik, Croatia Wall of Dubrovnik is one of finest example that can tell about how fort architecture developed in the world, located in Southern Croatia. The construction of this complex structure done in 14th century. The 25 meter height wall encircles most of ancient city, and was extended until 17th century.
Phoenician Marine Wall, Lebanon The wall is located in coastal city of Batroun, in Lebanon. It is one of the oldest city in the world, wall also is centuries old.
Chester City, England The Construction of this defensive wall was started on 70 CE and reconstructed in 100 CE.
Xian City, China constructed in 1300, took more than 4 years for the construction. Xian city became completely impenetrable because of this ancient wall.
Rome (Aurelian Walls), Italy Built back in third century by the emperors Aurelias and Probos. this defensive wall also renovated in following centuries, Rome’s focus was on high defense at that time.
Hadrian’s Wall, England The 84 mile length Hadrian’s wall is a defensive fortification that built in 2nd century. The main purpose behind the building of this wall is defense itself, the gates of Hadrian’s wall also used for customs services.
The following ancient walls are from different sources.
Ston , Dalmatia The Walls of Ston are a series of defensive stone walls, originally more than 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) long, that surrounded and protected the city of Ston, in Dalmatia, part of the Republic of Ragusa, in what is now southern Croatia. Their construction was begun in 1358. Today, it's the second longest preserved fortification system in the world. (http://tinyurl.com/ybfyh5qm)
Troy, Turkey Homer describes Troy as ‘well-founded’, ‘strong-built’ and ‘well-walled’; there are also several references to fine battlements, towers and ‘high’ and ‘steep’ walls. The walls must have been unusually strong in order to withstand a ten-year siege and in fact, Troy fell through the trickery of the Trojan horse ruse rather than any defensive failing. (http://tinyurl.com/yaefuvhc)
MODERN WALL HISTORY
According to USA TODAY (http://tinyurl.com/yaqvu7ah), the number of walls that went up following World War Two, went From 7 to 77: There's been an explosion in building border walls since World War II . The article was published on May 24, 2018.
The articles lead (leed) paragraphs read:
- At the end of World War II, there were seven border walls or fences in the world. By the time the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, there were 15, according to Elisabeth Vallet, a geography professor at the University of Quebec-Montreal.
Today, as President Trump pushes his campaign promise to build a wall on the border with Mexico, there are at least 77 walls or fences around the world — many erected after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City and at the Pentagon. (Emphasis mine.)
India and ... India and Bangladesh share a 2,500-mile border, and India is nearing completion of a 1,700-mile barbed wire fence to curb immigration and smuggling. The fence is to block migrants from low-lying Bangladesh who want a better life in India.
- Sound familiar?
Israel Israel constructed a 400-mile wall in the West Bank in 2002 after a wave of attacks by Palestinian insurgents.
Israel also is completing a barrier into the Mediterranean Sea. The barrier, which extends into the Mediterranean, is a direct response to an incident four years ago when Hamas terrorists penetrated Israel from the sea during Operation Protective Edge in 2014. (http://tinyurl.com/y76gf849)
Irelands The "peace walls" in Belfast, Northern Ireland, grew from barricades erected by local communities because of sectarian rioting in 1969 between Catholic Irish nationalists, who favored unification with the Irish Republic to the south, and Loyalist Protestant Paramilitaries, who backed continued British rule.
Finland About 450 miles of barbed wire fencing prevent reindeer from wandering across the border into Russia.
France The mile-long wall at Calais was funded by the United Kingdom to prevent migrants from accessing the Channel Tunnel that connects Britain to continental Europe.
Morocco A 1,700-mile sand wall fortified and surrounded by millions of land mines was built by Morocco in 1975 along disputed, ungoverned territory on its border with Western Sahara.
Spain More than two decades ago, the Spanish government built 20-foot concrete barriers to wall off Melilla and Ceuta, Spanish-administered enclaves in Morocco since the 15th century, to increase border security against African migrants
Saudi Arabia In 2014, Saudi Arabia built a 550-mile-long wall with Iraq, a response to the rise of the Islamic State militants sweeping across parts of that country.
Turkey A buffer zone splits the island of Cyprus and its capital Nicosia between Turkey and Greece. Nicosia is arguably the last city in the world physically separated by a wall.
The foregoing lists are NOT “all-inclusive.” I can think of several cities that had walls that were not mentioned above.
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