Mowing down unarmed men, women and children is NOT a function of the US military -- EVER.. No matter what the circumstances. If they were ARMED or terrorists -- it would be a different matter. But they are not. And you're stupid ESCALATION of violence would stain America forever.
This is a FAILURE OF YOUR GOVERNMENT. To perform one of the top 3 DUTIES enumerated in the Constitution. And ALL the viable solutions lie in getting the inept corrupt geezers on The Hill off their fat protected and tenured asses and FIXING Immigration law and practices.
In the larger sense -- a caravan of THOUSANDS is NOT an "immigration problem".. It's a REFUGEE ISSUE and should be treated as one. So if you've just got a hard on to use the military -- then they should be used to open REFUGEE CAMPS inside a zone designated to process refugees and we should BUILD it as we tighten the border and get everyone to come thru the ports of entry..
1. I'll state again exactly what I wrote in the OP. Correct then. Correct now.
"the first duty of the Army National Guard is to do what the name "National Guard" clearly states > to guard the nation. And the first priority of that is to stop foreigners from invading the USA." And that is done by whatever it takes to do it. If it requires shooting the invaders, THEN shooting it is.
As I also stated previously, the invaders might be able to be stopped with less force than bullets. They could probably be stopped with a combination of concertina wire rubber bullets, tear gas, water hoses, and other nonlethal means. If those things were to fil, I'd use tanks and bombs on them if necessary.
As for whether mowing down "unarmed men, women and children", being a function of the US military or not, that's exactly what the US military did, ordered by Eisenhower in the carpet bombing of German cities, which killed thousands of "unarmed men, women and children". Likewise, the A-bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki did the same. That is how things happen in war, which we military veterans are well aware of.
It is not a stain on America to do whatever it has to do to defend itself from foreign invasion. In fact, quite the contrary, it would be a positive thing - demonstration to all those who think they can bully the US.
2. No, this is not a "REFUGEE ISSUE" as was clearly established earlier in the thread. Once again, for those of you who don't read threads before you post, the caravaners are not refugees. That status comes from PERSECUTION, and even within that context, only under certain criterea. Look up PERSECUTION in the search box with my name in this thread, and you'll find the whole stipulation. To hell with the ports of entry. Just send these people back where they came from. Period.
Violence and crime is not a basis for refugee status either, and even if it was, they wouldn't be coming to the US. They would be going to countries closer to them, with lower crime rates than the US (Aruba, Cuba, Martinique,), and with no language barrier.
List of countries by intentional homicide rate - Wikipedia
I'd say their motives are more economic and/or political than anything else. They might even be getting paid by alien vote hungry Democrats.
And don't use obscene talk with me -- EVER.