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Trump says U.S. could send up to 15,000 troops to border
Reuters ^ | 10/31/2018 | Jeff Mason; Writing by Makini Brice; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

Posted on 10/31/2018 1:46:58 PM PDT by sodpoodle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States could send as many as 15,000 military troops to the border with Mexico, as he hardens his stance against a caravan of migrants fleeing violence and poverty in Central America. The Pentagon has said it has identified about 7,000 active-duty troops, including about 2,000 on standby, that could be deployed to the southern border.

(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; border; braking; invasion; power
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To: bert

RBG and I very likely agree on nothing.


61 posted on 10/31/2018 3:23:16 PM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
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To: traderrob6
Add a little of that rolled razor fencing.

If only we had a wall.

62 posted on 10/31/2018 3:27:54 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: traderrob6; JBW1949

Interesting and sure makes sense.

Seems like that new socialist leader in Mexico continues to cooperate surprisingly with Trump insofar as Mexico clearly offered asylum to them.


63 posted on 10/31/2018 3:29:16 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: sodpoodle

against a caravan of migrants fleeing violence and poverty in Central America...

Well at least the article is impartial LOL :)


64 posted on 10/31/2018 3:35:16 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: arrogantsob; SpaceBar
Then you are an idiot.

Or the poster just doesn't know what width each crew served weapon can cover effectively.

65 posted on 10/31/2018 3:45:07 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Make American Intelligence Great Again.)
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To: sodpoodle
Mr President,

Move the 1st Infantry Division to the border, permanently. The Indian Wars are over and the beautiful corn in Kansas is tremendously safe. The garrison at Fort Riley is out-dated thinking.

Many thanks,

Sal

66 posted on 10/31/2018 4:09:41 PM PDT by Salvavida
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To: sodpoodle

POTUS at the rally tonight on the caravan.
“Catch; no release. Catch and release is no more”


67 posted on 10/31/2018 4:51:12 PM PDT by afterhoursarmory
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To: libertylover

Fleeing poverty doesn’t give one Refugee status. And I think they are taking the violence with them. Their home countries can’t be that bad if they are taking huge flags from there. They obviously don’t care about our country. Except for the free stuff.


68 posted on 10/31/2018 4:59:23 PM PDT by CottonBall (Thank you , Julian!)
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To: dontreadthis
@realDonaldTrump ain't playing no games here. Train in Arizona heading southbound. 🇺🇲 https://twitter.com/i/status/1057477715991912448

There’s a lot of pushback on this video - they say tanks are not used for crowd control so the video must be fake.

I hope it’s true and that the invaders will be looking down the barrels of those M1A1 Abrams when they reach the border.

But I just hope that there’s not another Tiananmen Square stand off moment...

OT: When my girlfriend was younger and still lived in Beijing (she’s now a Republican American citizen), she rode her bike past Tiananmen Square the day after the confrontation. She couldn’t get close because the army had blocked off access far from the square. But she could still smell the burning human flesh.

69 posted on 10/31/2018 5:08:21 PM PDT by EarlyBird (There's a whole lot of winning going on around here!)
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To: EarlyBird

thanks for that


70 posted on 10/31/2018 5:10:02 PM PDT by dontreadthis (A TIMELINE OF TREASON on Profile Page)
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To: dontreadthis

You’re welcome!

But I’m not sure what part of my post that you’re thanking me for...


71 posted on 10/31/2018 5:19:29 PM PDT by EarlyBird (There's a whole lot of winning going on around here!)
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To: LydiaLong

I knew what you were trying to say. Makes PERFECT sense in this situation!

Best. Election. Ever. EVER! MAGA! :)


72 posted on 10/31/2018 5:27:32 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin ( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
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To: EarlyBird

didn’t know that there is skepticism over that video


73 posted on 10/31/2018 5:29:03 PM PDT by dontreadthis (A TIMELINE OF TREASON on Profile Page)
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To: LydiaLong

Who said the tents will be on the US side?

We put up tents in foreign countries all the time, right?

Why not Mexico?


74 posted on 10/31/2018 5:33:04 PM PDT by GeaugaRepublican
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To: mikhailovich

“No way BP can detain 3-6 thousand”

Especially if they don’t know where to set up.

The military can set up tent cities with life support, and then surge to wherever they cross, to set up cattle chutes to bring them into line for tagging, and put them on the bus.


75 posted on 10/31/2018 6:00:51 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: dontreadthis

Post #9 on this thread is an example:

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3701559/posts

There are many more such posts if you scroll down.


76 posted on 10/31/2018 6:05:28 PM PDT by EarlyBird (There's a whole lot of winning going on around here!)
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To: JBW1949

THAT is good to know. Would to God the TV pundits could give the same clearcut explanation.


77 posted on 10/31/2018 6:16:47 PM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt
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To: EarlyBird

tank move around all the time, probably headed to NTC.

this kind of action needs trucks, stikers, engineers, and airmobile, not heavy armor.


78 posted on 10/31/2018 6:19:51 PM PDT by orionrising
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To: backwoods-engineer

As a famous lib once said, “stroke of the pen, law of the land”. Karma.


79 posted on 10/31/2018 6:23:49 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: sodpoodle

Shut up Trump. Your giving out info you said you wouldn’t disclose to anyone.


80 posted on 10/31/2018 6:26:59 PM PDT by wardamneagle
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