The smart terrorist picks the northern border. If he comes across the south, he finds it heavily guarded. But, if he comes across the north, he faces one-tenth the manpower along a border stretching almost three times the length.
A border, you say? In places, houses straddle the two countries. From what I'm reading, I wonder if in places, you can't walk across like a walk in the park. In 2007, workers from the Government Accountability Office crossed with a duffel bag made to look like it had radioactive material in it.
Your weakest point is the place to attack. The weakest link is where enemies should be feared. Protect your southern border with a wall, but don't give much attention to the northern border?
We might be so foolish.
Yes, getting into Canada, in the first place, might be harder than getting into Mexico. But, that says nothing of what we are doing to protect our own border, as opposed to letting Canada protect it. And, it might also be true that lacking as much manpower as there is at the southern border, agents at the northern border do rely on a lot of cameras, sensors and other electronic devices.
But, the northern border -- the largest border between two countries in the world -- still appears to be a somewhat weak one.
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