Pentagon chief getting firsthand look at US-Mexico border

mysa ^ | Feb. 23, 2019 | Robert Burns

[bgill]

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, accompanied by the Joint Chiefs chairman, Gen. Joseph Dunford, was visiting a border site called Monument Site 3 near El Paso, Texas, where National Guard troops are working with Customs and Border Protection. Shanahan and Dunford were getting a look at vehicles used for border surveillance. The Department of Homeland Security has requested Pentagon help in operating cameras mounted on the vehicles. Later, the officials planned to fly over two border control sites farther west. These sites are on a list of high-priority projects DHS submitted to Shanahan on Friday to support its request for money to pay for construction of roads, replacement of vehicle barriers and dilapidated pedestrian fencing, and installation of lighting. The pedestrian fencing would include detection systems that could alert border patrol agents when someone is attempting to damage or break through the fencing. The money would come from the Pentagon's drug interdiction programs.

[gundog]

It’s worth remembering that the Germans courted Mexico in both World Wars. Encumbering the military on our southern border would have been a boon to them. If civil unrest comes to America, the cartels would be natural allies of the Chinese or Russians, should they try to take advantage.

[Big Red Badger]

Islamic rugs and Prayer books
have been found on the Border.

[PIF]

If civil unrest comes to America, the cartels would be natural allies of the Chinese or Russians Democrat Party,

[cba123]

There are lots of Republicans, who are also sold out.

Lots.

[Mavrick69]

Almost weekly we here of another carvan invading Mexico and heading for our Southern border were being invaded and our fabulous President is about the only person that gives one care Mr Trump is really up against full swamp resistance on his quest to secure our borders he trying to fix our country’s biggest problem that has been kicked down the road for years our President is a problem solver he don’t quit I don’t know how all this will turn out especially with the gutless GOP stabing him in the back at ever turn but I do know this Trump will not surrender if his emergency order fails he will come up with another plan you got to give the man some credit he fights for what’s right and he operates within the law God bless you President Trump your one of a kind and I’m proud your my President