Posted on 10/25/2018 10:44:41 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
President Donald Trump said he plans on “bringing out the military” to stop the thousands of people in the migrant caravan headed to our border.
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.”
Trump has repeated threats to send the military to the border to defend it against the mostly Honduran migrants who continue to march to the border. The number of people within the caravan has fluctuated, but USA Today reported that the Mexican government has determined the number has fallen to 4,500 as people have either stopped or asked for asylum in Mexico:
Mexico’s Interior Ministry said immigration officials have received 1,699 asylum claims, while 495 Hondurans have asked to be returned to their country of origin. The Central American migrants come mostly from Honduras but also includes those from Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala. The status of about 500 other migrants is unclear. United Nation officials estimated Monday there were more than 7,200 migrants in the caravan.
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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.
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.
How do you know
They are not if they are adjudicated immediately. The problem has been a shortage of judges.
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.
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.
7
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.
Do you have solid confirmation to support that statement, or is that just your best guess?
Need more than 800.
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.
Take a LOOK at the type people being SENT NOT PEOPLE TO REPEL A INVADING HOARD. Doctors, Lawyers, Engineers, unless those Engineers are going to blow the bridge, why do you need them? Doctors and JAG officers don’t fight on a battle field.
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.
horde
So it's just your best guess. Thanks.
It’s not a guess.
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
Please send 8,000 not 800.
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