Posted on 11/25/2018 7:40:23 AM PST by tcrlaf
Lots of tear gas deployed from helicopters is 55 gallon plastic barrels full of straight powdered CS teargas fitted with burst charges rolled out of the back of Chinook helps flying right along the border & slightly upwind of the invading mob. Combined with concertina wire obstacles & cops on the ground you can stop this if the politicians have the will.
No, I’ve never been south of the border, but I have been to the southern tip of Florida. I also live in a warmer part of the country, and I freeze my tootsies off below 70°f
It’s rough coming up this way in the dead of winter when you live near the equator.
Do they even sell winter clothes near the equator? As it is, they needed help with blankets.
They’re better off heading south. If Mexico will offer amnesty, it would be better for them.
PL2, Indeed, I was surprised to see Columbian folks wearing insulated jackets when deployed there, just N of the equator in Dec-Mar the first time, temps were balmy to us ( home stationed at FT Benning GA), low 80s and humid. The locals thought we were supermen for working in t-shirts and not coat and jackets.
vicinity Malaga Naval Station, Columbia, West coast of COL, close to Buenaventura and other locales a few times.
The most notable thing I recall- the kids, living in straw houses in the edges of the jungles always were clean and their clothes impeccably bright and kempt. Sold us 250ml cokes for 10 pesos, or for a dollar, one every day for a week. We bought a lot of coke. Warm coke, as they had no electricity. I think I stayed in the Army and willingly deployed mostly for the kids I saw all over the world-always seeming happy, always respectful and always made me feel like their was hope for peace, but they, like us, all grow up. Sigh.
Sorry for the rambling.
Samaritans Purse is an excellent way to make your charity dollars work for children, if you are so inclined.
Blessings
I found your ramblings very interesting. I wanted to read more! And, thanks for the tip on Samaritan’s Purse.
Just have some of our undercover embeds poison the food and/or water. Double diarrhea of 20,000 invaders might provide some incentive for Mexico to take action.
My wife and I are planning on writing a book covering our journey from HS to middle age, faith, family, army and such. Some day maybe. I kept a journal for the 24 yes of service, and she and I wrote almost every day when separate. Tons of documents.
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