For the past couple weeks the crisis du jour has been the large number of unaccompanied children from Honduras,  El Salvador and Ecuador crossing the border into Texas.  There is a very simple and effective solution to this:  drone strikes.

They would not only instantly, efficiently and definitely solve the problem of the unwanted, illegal children; this solution should satisfy both the political left and right.

Since the day he was elected, Republicans have accused the president of doing nothing to correct all of America’s and the world’s problems.  By ordering drone strikes in the Rio Grande Valley,  Democrats can claim it proves the President is capable of taking decisive action and the Republicans would be able to complain that he did not do it soon enough.

Drone strikes are also cost effective.  We already have the drones and experienced pilots who can kill people half way around the world so strafing and rocket attacks on the Texas border would be a piece of cake.

Drone strikes are also cost effective.  There is no need to invest in new equipment or personnel and instantly eliminating these young, unwanted intruders would obviate the need to shelter and feed them and avoid the lengthy legal procedures required by the 2008 law which Congress approved and President Bush signed.  By supporting this solution, the Republicans can say they saved the taxpayers money.  On the other hand, the Democrats can claim they are open to holding down government expenditures in certain instances.

This offers endless opportunities for training exercises that would appeal to the Republican factions that insist military operations can solve everything.  For example, Army Special Forces might construct scenarios where the illegal’s are simulated terrorists and perform realistic night anti-infiltration exercises using live ammunition.  John McCain said,  “The only thing that’s going to stop these children from coming is if their parents see planeloads of them coming back to the country of origin,”  The Senator would certainly agree that parents seeing nightly news videos of their children being mowed down by drone gunfire would be an even more effective deterrent.

Even the NRA would be on board and could triumphantly run an advertising campaign that assault weapons don’t create problems, they solve them.

And here is one of the most elegant aspects of this plan; there would be no cost for clean up operations.  That would be left to carrion eating wildlife and what remains of the corpses and clothing would be bio-degradable and therefore environmentally friendly.

This is an absolute win-win situation regardless of your political affiliation so write your congressman and tell him you support drone strikes to keep those illegal, unwanted children from coming to the United States.  God bless America.