Here it is in action:
Here is what will stop the “migrant caravan.” Immediately cut off all aid to every Central American country who encouraged this. If they are part of any “free trade area” with the US, jack up tariffs on them. Put them in so much pain that they never pull a stunt like this again.
Here it is in action:
I would believe the Venezuelan angle. Its asymmetric warfare on their part. They don’t have anything, except people. Mexico’s socialist government will also support anything that might hurt Trump.
If the troops are authorized to use force, of course. Otherwise, no chance.
I’m afraid not! They can show up as a force but not as a deterrent ..the invaders will mount a dash to the wall all at once over powering our military..remember they are told no guns! Yes, they’ll use the typical stuff the police use for riots but once one toe lands on our soil they have to take them in..that’s our stupid laws!! Incredible..ok next horde of thousands come on in!! Infuriating!!! BUILD THE FREAKIN WALL AND OH PLEASE RECALL THAT BADTARD kasich...NOW!!!!!
800 troops is nothing short of kabuki theater.
CAN they?
Sure they can.
WILL they?
That’s the question of the ages.
Corps of Engineers and Seabees need to be a big part of the Deployed troops.
Arm them with blueprints for a 30-foot high wall and erect the segments in strategic locations. (The military can use a small part of the $700 + 716 Billion budget for these ‘defensive position’ activities.)
When the migrants get repelled and go home, pass the bills which fund the connecting pieces.
ProblemS solved.
Truck deployed razor wire and tanker trucks spraying raw sewage.
"Hundreds of U.S. troops are set to make their way to the southern border to help Homeland Security and the National Guard as a caravan with thousands of migrants pushes north with the goal of crossing into America, a U.S. official confirmed to Fox News on Thursday.
The official said roughly 800 soldiers will be sent to the area to offer “logistical support," including providing tents and vehicles.
They are being sent there to help the Border Patrol process them in to the country.
Set Phasers to, ‘Stun.’
Load them up into dump trucks. Return them to their ‘homeland.’
Lather. Rinse. Repeat...for however long it takes.
In short, no.
We are no going to fire on civilians. Once they are here, we have to treat them like anyone else in the country.
I guess they could scare them, but that’s not going to last long.
I stand by my plan of a single person standing there with a clipboard and a pen. Fill out the applications, one at a time. On the border. Let the traffic back up. No night hours. No weekends. No overtime.
Well, some more military is on the way.
SecDef Mattis announced 800 more, reports say active duty, and the rumor mill says folks from the 82nd Airborne Division are being alerted for movement.
No sense in just sending a bunch of people and a mountain of supplies running around, until you know where along the border they will be needed. So getting the Intel was the first task.
Then the advance party goes to lay out the base and stockpile supplies for the arrival of the main body.
Either they will send the DRB-1, the Infantry Battalion (augmented with its direct support logistics slice) that is currently on the duty roster to be first deployed, or they will tailor a logistics-heavy advance party/task force.
They will move forward, establishing life support functions, and base operations, like security and a motor pool/buses.
If there is an identified Engineer mission (e.g. barriers like concertina or fencing), they will get right to work on that.
I would think they would mostly move on to an existing base somewhere, if it is within range of the mission.
If the plan is for larger element, then the advance party will prepare everything for them to flow in quickly.
No sense having a lot of good paratroopers just sitting around deployed for a month or two, especially if the caravan is stopped by Mexico, or it turns toward a different State.
First of all; it’s an invading horde. Second; two words. Martial Law. Use it just along the border plus 3-5 miles as needed so the troops have more leeway. Use rubber bullets and bean bags in shotguns if necessary.
The time for pussy footing around with this problem is over with. Time to get deadly serious about preserving our country.
Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
Not if the military can not use any kind of force to deter them.
Declare a national emergency and war with Mexico. Lawyers take a hike. US troops enter Mexico and eliminate any resistance. Bomb all cartel safe houses simultaneously. Russia did it to Crimea.
Not unless they’re ordered to shoot.
The democrat funded caravan, democrats mailing bombs to the themselves, isn’t all that meddling in elections?
There’s a ton of fantasy talk here. But they will only let the soldiers set up portable generators, tents and portable shelters, provide water and food and Medical Care, aerial surveillance of the invasion in progress Etc. Everyone who marches across the border will be taken to a Detention Center where they will be impounded. Then they will be processed through for Asylum and released four and five at a time out the other gate in a few weeks. What will not happen is them being repelled at the border. And they will certainly not be repelled by combat troops. At best will get 800 support troops of one type or another.