Wall's Don't Work
August, 2006
The rationale for building walls has been remarkably consistent security. The Chinese sought to keep away Mongolian and Manchurian raiders. The Romans decided their battle in northern Britain with the Picts was futile and wanted to secure a border. Even the East Germans called their ring around West Berlin an antifascist buffer against Western capitalist aggression. But in each case the builder's government fell despite the wall. As Israel extends its curtain and we debâte our own, it's clear wa...
