Thinking the same. Dude. Doused himself in fluid, then took quite a few attempts to get his lighter to work, then engulfed in flames. After full flamage, he was still yelling coherently in between screams.
Having spent a good chunk of my career in Afghanistan, pulling those poor bastards off the battlefield.....watching this and then knowing how it all ultimately ended is infuriating beyond comprehension.
I've got it on 'tape'. Read the paperback a few times way back in 92 and then a few times since then. Have since transitioned to 'tape' and have listened to the classics a few more times.
What I don't get is this supposed 'new threat'. I'm not a smart man but hasn't it been possible for many many years to put a warhead on an ICBM and detonate near LEO? Someone make this new threat make sense
I think we all can agree to the common definitions of 'shutting down the border' involves attaining the highest fidelity of exactly who is coming across our border anywhere along the border as much as possible. I don't think anyone in here thinks 'shutting down the border' actually means closing the border at actual border entry/crossing points.