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While I'm not a big fan of President Obama, I have to agree with him on this. He should not deploy US combat troops on the border.
The US military is a warfighting organization. It engages targets and destroys them. This is not that type of situation.
Think the situation in Baghdad or Kabul is complicated? Try deploying US forces along the border. What will their instructions be? Shoot anyone coming over the border? There are refugees, illegals as well as smugglers crossing the border. Sorting them out and determining the applicable punishment is a law enforcement duty NOT a military one. Using military technologies such as infrared radar, motion detectors, communications intercepts, etc. is certainly acceptable, and there are laws that allow the military to assist in this manner. But deploying combat troops is not and should not be an option.
Obama got it right on this one.
It would certainly stem the flow.
Not to mention that after a couple of weeks, when the "number-shot" count rises to 60 or 70, I'm thinking the illegals would find someplace else to go.
Yukon? Room up there?