Posted on 10/25/2018 10:44:41 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
800 is a joke. There should be at least 2 troops for every invader.
If you put too few troops then the potential that they will have to use deadly force to defend themselves increases exponentially.
The mob could attack the troops with rocks or bottles or even bullets and if the troops fire back it will be a propaganda disaster.
Make sure that there is no possibility that the troops will need to use deadly force. The only way to do that is to have an overwhelming number of troops ready to do what is necessary to prevent any invasion.
“The mob could attack the troops with rocks or bottles or even bullets and if the troops fire back it will be a propaganda disaster.”
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Yep,Kent State all over again——and now we have the internet——it would be brutal.
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I’d gladly go. I can’t be a “troop”, but I can pass out coffee, donuts and water. I can clean a weapon too...
will they be armed? saw yesterday on here where somebody was sending troops ‘mostly unarmed’. Fat lot of good that will do.
Well, you don't have any solid information to back up what you said, so yeah, it's a guess.
Time to organize a 21st Century Minuteman militia?
There is now an American enemy that knows how to attack at the Republic’s weak points.
And what if this mob of criminals start a shooting war?
Wwhat are the ‘mostly unarmed troops’ supposed to do?
Where do you get that information?
Mattis is the Jeff Sessions equivalent at DoD.
Now I getting pissed at Trump. I’m a Korean war vet and if my commander sent me down to patrol the border without my weapon I would tell him to go to hell. Trump doesn’t get it. He has no idea what he is doing. Lets hope this is wrong information.
Personally , I am VERY disappointed by the soft-peddle deployment of our troops I am seeing being reported . JAGs , no Infantry ? Personal sidearms only , to avoid ‘Posse Commitatus’ violations ? Give me a break ! Pos Com is pointed at deployment against U.S. citizens ONLY , not foreign , non-U.S. invaders and border stormers . P.C. does NOT apply .
IF President Trump shows weakness , softness , or ambivalence, those that are perpetrating this invasion will drive a truck thru him and his soft policies .
PLAY HARDBALL !
Send aircraft to paper the columns of invaders for information fliers that make it crystal clear what they are approaching : Fully armed troops with permission to fire at will . Air strikes . It’s an invasion , treat it as one .
All this lil brown babies and their mommies is pure BS .
Just like the VC used to hide behind the civilian villagers in Vietnam , and Saddam’s use of civilian human shields in Iraq .
No quarter . Hardball . Zero softness . Draw and line in the sand and fully enforce it . Stand up an armed civilian militia to back up our front line force .
AGREE!
Campo ,California,
Ask for the Minuteman Camp.
Glad to have You!
SD sector has 40k apps/mo. We're not killing civilians in Mexico
800?
That’s less than one per mile.
HOW BLOODY MANY TIMES Does PRESIDENT TRUMP have to say he will NEVER tip off the enemy with his plans? Some of you continual whiners really make me sick. HE knows a helluva sight more than you do about the state of affairs. HE IS PRESIDENT, not you!
The primary restriction on military participation in civilian law enforcement activities is:
....’The Posse Comitatus Act (PCA).21’..
The PCA prohibits the use of the Army and Air Force to execute the domestic laws of the United States except where expressly authorized by the Constitution or Congress. The PCA has been further applied to the Navy and Marine Corps by legislative and administrative supplements. For example, 10 U.S.C. Section 375 directs the Secretary of Defense to promulgate regulations forbidding the direct participation “by a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marines in a search, seizure, arrest, or other similar activity” during support activities to civilian law enforcement agencies. DOD issued Directive 5525.5, which outlines its policies and procedures for supporting federal, state, and local LEAs. DOD Directive 5525.5 prohibits the following forms of direct assistance: (1) interdiction of a vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or other similar activity; (2) a search or seizure; (3) an arrest, apprehension, stop and frisk, or similar activity; and (4) use of military personnel in the pursuit of individuals, or as undercover agents, informants, investigators, or interrogators. It is generally accepted that the PCA does not apply to the actions of the National Guard when not in federal service.22 As a matter of policy, however National Guard regulations stipulate that its personnel are not, except for exigent circumstances or as otherwise authorized, to participate directly in the arrest or search of suspects or the general public.
So the military can be deployed for ‘support’ services, which mostly would mean various kinds of surveillance or possibly building things. But if soldiers see people trying to get across the border they have to report that to Border Patrol because only Border Patrol can try to stop them.
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