Pentagon Plans to Send Hundreds of Troops to Border

[longknife]

“Hundreds” won’t be enough. Not by a long shot.

(Newser) – President Trump on Thursday again declared the situation at the US-Mexico border a "national emergency" and promised to get the military involved. Now it appears the Pentagon is preparing to do just that. Defense chief James Mattis is expected to sign an order authorizing at least 800 troops to head to the border, reports the AP. It wasn't immediately clear whether they'd be active-duty troops or members of the National Guard, or what their specific duties would be, reports CNN. But the best guess is that the troops would help shore up fencing and other barriers along parts of the border deemed vulnerable, rather than directly engaging with migrants attempting to cross illegally

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None will be armed nor will they directly face the invaders.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

They aren't troops. They are doctors and lawyers.

 

[harmonica]

what total jackasses these people are to think they can just mob their way into the US
I say use ALL force necessary

 

[Hellbilly]

what total jackasses these people are to think they can just mob their way into the US
I say use ALL force necessary

Who do they think they are? Pilgrims?

 

[Claudette]

They need more than that.

 

[JLW]

They're going to send more troops then there are refugees apparently.. What a joke that so many lemmings are buying this circus as a national emergency.

 

[Camp]

Appears the invaders plan on walking right across the bridge to the border crossing and demanding or requesting asylum and refugee status, fouling up the claim of being the hostile terrorists by President Trump. Some may actually walk across the shallow Rio Grand River to achieve faster arrest to escape waiting on the bridge.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Close the border crossings.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

what total jackasses these people are to think they can just mob their way into the US
I say use ALL force necessary

Who do they think they are? Pilgrims?

Evidently so. They intend to claim this country for their homeland and colonize it.

 

[toobfreak]

“Hundreds” won’t be enough. Not by a long shot.

(Newser) – President Trump on Thursday again declared the situation at the US-Mexico border a "national emergency" and promised to get the military involved. Now it appears the Pentagon is preparing to do just that. Defense chief James Mattis is expected to sign an order authorizing at least 800 troops to head to the border, reports the AP. It wasn't immediately clear whether they'd be active-duty troops or members of the National Guard, or what their specific duties would be, reports CNN. But the best guess is that the troops would help shore up fencing and other barriers along parts of the border deemed vulnerable, rather than directly engaging with migrants attempting to cross illegally

More @ Pentagon plans to send hundreds of troops to the border

US Deploys 800 Troops To Southern Border As 'Migrant Caravan' Approaches: CNN @ US Deploys 800 Troops To Southern Border As 'Migrant Caravan' Approaches: CNN

None will be armed nor will they directly face the invaders.

Hundreds? Better make that 10,000.