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More US troops will deploy to Mexico border on top of 5,200 already sent, top US general says
Fox News ^ | Oct. 30, 2018 | Lucas Tomlinson

Posted on 10/30/2018 4:16:25 PM PDT by Innovative

The top U.S. military commander for North America said to expect more American troops to deploy to the southern border.

"What I can confirm is there will be additional force over and above the 5,239 (already heading to the border), the magnitude of that difference I don’t have an answer for you," Air Force Gen. Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy, head of U.S. Northern Command, told reporters Tuesday afternoon in an impromptu news conference in the Pentagon.

O'Shaughnessy did not have a cost estimate for the deployment of more than 5,200 troops to the southern border.

O'Shaughnessy said each service member deploying would “fully understand the rules of the use of force.” The general said “training programs” were being set up alongside Border Patrol personnel at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: border; caravan; mexico; secdefmattis; troops; trumpdod
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Excellent.

Whatever it takes.

Stop the invasion.

1 posted on 10/30/2018 4:16:25 PM PDT by Innovative
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Good!

Send ‘Puff the magic Dragon” while you’re at it!


2 posted on 10/30/2018 4:19:14 PM PDT by EnglishOnly (Fight all out to win OR get out now. .)
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To: Innovative

Unless they’re there to be more than paper pushers, what’s the point?

They better be packing.


3 posted on 10/30/2018 4:20:21 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Innovative

Someone posted an article earlier that stated the total number to deploy would likely be somewhere in excess of 10,000.


4 posted on 10/30/2018 4:22:34 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: EnglishOnly

Puff has long given the stage to the Spectre/ Spooky AC-130s.

But I like your thinking.

Also, deploy cell phone jammers. They wont be able to get direction from their minders.


5 posted on 10/30/2018 4:34:39 PM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: bgill

I see Kwayme has turned on POTUS now because of troops being sent to border. Says he has been tricked and no longer supports POTUS.


6 posted on 10/30/2018 4:36:11 PM PDT by Engedi
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If the Mexican Federales have any pride left, they’ll lend a hand, especially against the second batch. If.


7 posted on 10/30/2018 4:37:21 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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Well they’ve watched them barge through all attempts to co-operate with the authorities.... and get violent as they get closer.....so he gets what must be prepared for if they reach the US.


8 posted on 10/30/2018 4:37:52 PM PDT by caww
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This is starting to sound like something other than a political GESTURE, something other than optics.

If anyone can do this..?

It’s TRUMP.


9 posted on 10/30/2018 4:38:42 PM PDT by gaijin
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You can bet they won't be pushing papers if this thing erupts beyond what the border patrol can handle........and remember it's the job of the Border Patrol and their officials to be in the front on this.
10 posted on 10/30/2018 4:40:31 PM PDT by caww
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You can bet they won't be pushing papers if this thing erupts beyond what the border patrol can handle........and remember it's the job of the Border Patrol and their officials to be in the front on this.
11 posted on 10/30/2018 4:40:32 PM PDT by caww
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12 posted on 10/30/2018 4:42:06 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Innovative


13 posted on 10/30/2018 4:43:06 PM PDT by gaijin
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I bet it cost less than Afghanistan.
Some of these folks undermine troops anytime, anywhere. They don’t appreciate or understand the price of their freedom. God is bigger than whether or not this country goes third world. We need revival!


14 posted on 10/30/2018 4:58:27 PM PDT by KDF48 (Redeemed by Christ.)
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This hurts the Mexican economy two big ways. 1. A lot of people that are legal immigrants visit relatives and spend money; that number has gone down. 2. The Mexicans that get jobs here send money to Mexico. Central Americans will not send their money to Mexico.


15 posted on 10/30/2018 5:05:05 PM PDT by KDF48 (Redeemed by Christ.)
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To: gaijin

Sheppie: “There is no invasion!”


16 posted on 10/30/2018 5:19:10 PM PDT by GnuThere
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O'Shaughnessy did not have a cost estimate for the deployment of more than 5,200 troops to the southern border.

It cannot possibly cost more than the precious lives and treasure it has cost us. Every American life is another reason to launch a scorched-earth demolition party against the countries that support the invasion against us.

17 posted on 10/30/2018 5:32:14 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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Need special forces also; stop the buses:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3701369/posts


18 posted on 10/30/2018 5:51:52 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: Innovative
O'Shaughnessy did not have a cost estimate for the deployment of more than 5,200 troops to the southern border.

What is the cost if nothing is done? That should be our concern right now. Doing nothing like we have done since Reagan bent over is NOT what we should do now. We need to secure the border once and for all. This is a country of laws and they should be enforced.

Time to take out the big _ick and beat it on the table to get their attention.

19 posted on 10/30/2018 6:22:12 PM PDT by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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They should not be pushing papers to begin with. Why wait until it erupts. Be proactive and boots at the river with stk orders.

Only way to stop this invasion. That is what this is and the sooner people understand the better off we will be.

20 posted on 10/30/2018 6:25:04 PM PDT by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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