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Mattis, Trump Expected to Send Almost 800 Troops to Border to Counter Migrant Caravan
Legal Insurrection ^
| Thursday, October 25, 2018 at 1:00pm
| Mary Chastain
Posted on 10/25/2018 10:44:41 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: CincyRichieRich
Carve out a safe zone in northern Mexico.
End of story (because Mexico will thereafter not permit
any “refugees” to enter their territory).
Mexico could end this in a heartbeat.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Ok. For the umpteenth time, how are troops going to stop it? Harsh language? Dirty looks? No way they're authorized to use lethal force to repel the invaders. Jorge Busho let our guys hang out to dry for just that and Mattis isn't the most conservative dog in the pound.
I'll be surprised if all this isn't just for show. Best case scenario is that the invaders are simply intimidated into doing a 180 and going back to wherever they came from. Maybe that's the plan.
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posted on
10/25/2018 11:05:59 AM PDT
by
LouAvul
(The most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.)
To: WASCWatch
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posted on
10/25/2018 11:07:31 AM PDT
by
angcat
(THANK YOU LORD FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP!!!!!)
To: caww
They are not if they are adjudicated immediately. The problem has been a shortage of judges.
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posted on
10/25/2018 11:14:32 AM PDT
by
McGavin999
("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jefferson)
To: McGavin999
Not buying it......they should not get even close to the border period. Which our troops ca go onto the other side of the fence.
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10/25/2018 11:20:37 AM PDT
by
caww
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To: sdthree
That number should be 8000 not 800 With the right intel, troops, armed with the right weaponry and the right ROE.
10 might be more than enough.
How many troops does it take to man a spooky?
or
One A-10, a pilot and ground crew could do it. Not sure but that might only be three.
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posted on
10/25/2018 11:28:28 AM PDT
by
infool7
(Observe, Orient, Pray, Decide, Act!(it's an OOPDA loop))
To: Reno89519
Simpler 1 bomber, blow up the bridge several hundred miles away from the front of the Invading Hoard, can’t cross a bridge missing a 3 mile section.
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10/25/2018 11:29:10 AM PDT
by
GailA
(Wife of RET. SCPO, GET OVER IT, DONALD TRUMP IS PRESIDENT!)
To: WASCWatch
The 800 is just an advance party to prepare for the deployment of many thousands more troops, likely 8-10K. Do you have solid confirmation to support that statement, or is that just your best guess?
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posted on
10/25/2018 11:33:39 AM PDT
by
Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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10/25/2018 11:36:02 AM PDT
by
jmacusa
(Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
To: McGavin999
load them up on a plane and when its full fly them home At taxpayer expense? Screw that. Turn them around and let them walk back to wherever they came from.
Maybe Mexico will pay for their bus tickets.
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posted on
10/25/2018 11:36:27 AM PDT
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Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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10/25/2018 11:36:55 AM PDT
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GailA
(Wife of RET. SCPO, GET OVER IT, DONALD TRUMP IS PRESIDENT!)
To: Windflier
Do you have solid confirmation to support that statement, or is that just your best guess? Do you have experience in the conduct of large scale military movements? I do.
There's lots of stuff that needs to be accomplished before the main body arrives.
To: GailA
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10/25/2018 11:40:27 AM PDT
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Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: WASCWatch
Do you have experience in the conduct of large scale military movements? I do. There's lots of stuff that needs to be accomplished before the main body arrives. So it's just your best guess. Thanks.
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10/25/2018 11:42:21 AM PDT
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Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Windflier
To: Wurlitzer
Another report stated that Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis is expected to sign deployment orders as soon as Thursday that could send 800 or more troops to the border.
It no where in this article says definitively how many, and the same “sources” as usual trying the same tactic of wet finger windage to speculate.
And right on Queue the usual suspect here on FR pile on with the same old responses taking crap as creme brulee and getting their panties in a bunch
One might think that after a virtual landslide of winning they might actually learn to read versus react, but no, this would require thought versus emotions...
Sheesh
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posted on
10/25/2018 11:51:47 AM PDT
by
100American
(Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Please send 8,000 not 800.
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posted on
10/25/2018 11:55:09 AM PDT
by
Robert357
( Dan Rather was discharged as "medically unfit" on May 11, 1954.)
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