Swine Flu - Just Another (missing) Brick in the Wall

Yesterday, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) posted the following on their website:
"In San Luis Potosi, located in central Mexico, 24 cases of influenza-like-illness, with three deaths, have been reported. And from Mexicali, near the border with the United States, four cases of influenza-like-illness, with no deaths, have been reported.

The majority of these cases have occurred in otherwise healthy young adults. Seasonal influenza normally affects the very young and the very old, but these age groups have not been heavily affected in Mexico based on the information above.

CDC has confirmed that seven of 14 respiratory specimens sent to the CDC by the Mexican National Influenza Center are positive for swine influenza virus and are similar to the swine influenza viruses recently identified in the US among residents of California and Texas.

CDC and state public and animal health authorities are currently investigating 8 cases of swine flu in humans in California and Texas that may be related to cases in Mexico."

In Pakistan, we are seeing the Taliban gradually advance on the capital city of Islamabad. If the Taliban is able to take over the capital, they will eventually be able to control Pakistan, which is a nuclear power.

The Times of London reported last Friday that North Korea is now a fully fledged nuclear power, capable of attacking cities in Japan and South Korea. I think this means that North Korea is also capable of exporting nuclear warheads to the highest bidder--including Al Quaeda.

Mexican drug gangs have no trouble crossing the border into Arizona to operate in Phoenix, which they have turned into the number two kidnapping capital of the world.

Am I paranoid, or does it seem like this is the time to build the wall and actually take control of our borders?

We've already seen the memory loss that some Washington politicians have suffered recently, trying to remember if they we briefed on torture techniques. Imagine how little they will remember about their opposition to beefed-up border security if terrorists smuggle a nuke across the border, and an american city disappears in a mushroom cloud.