<p>In a story from WND, Ben Carson is quoted as recommending drone strikes on caves that illegal immigrants use to cross the border.  ;He quickly added that he would not use drone strikes on people.</p>
<p>At PBP, we love Ben Carson, he is compassionate, straightforward and a great human being.  ;But this really had me rolling my eyes.  ; It shows ;he really hasn&#8217;t a clue when it comes to military and enforcement matters.  ;Where are his advisors in this?  ;This is an embarrassing gaff. ;</p>
<p>Ben, the problem isn&#8217;t destroying the caves. It&#8217;s finding them in the first place.  ;There won&#8217;t that many because caves take a lot of work, and then you have to be sneaky in hiding all that dirt.  ;And they are actually easy to destroy, you don&#8217;t need to disturb your constituents by ;flying armed drones inside America.  ;Most of us don&#8217;t want military weapons flying over our heads on a daily basis.</p>
<p>If you do manage to find the caves, ;why not ;drive up to the cave with the local sheriff, have him plant a couple hundred bucks worth of dynamite and blow the cave out of existance.  ;Perhaps after exploiting the hole for intelligence or maybe even staking it out to catch the &#8220;coyotes&#8221; (criminals who facilitate illegal immigration) who dug the cave in the first place.  ;Easier, faster cheaper and completely compatible with the law enforcement mission.</p>
<p>We are talking about U.S. territory, that we control and have access to every inch.  ;A local sheriff, DEA or border patrol will do just fine.  ;</p>
<p>Drones with special sensors may assist in finding where people are crossing (successive overlaid images with illegals lit up in infrared, leads you right back to the crossing point&#8230;), but they can&#8217;t see underground (there are other techniques for this, we&#8217;ve been working on finding caves a long time&#8230;).  ;The very expensive missiles a drone carries have nowhere near the explosive capability to destroy a cave underground.  ;They are meant for blowing up cars and people.  ;The ground is hard&#8230;</p>
<p>This may be too much of a learning curve for Mr. Carson.</p>
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