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Escalation: Trump to send ARMED U.S. troops to border after incident with Mexican soldiers
The National Sentinel ^ | 4/24/19 | Jon Dougherty

Posted on 04/24/2019 1:28:28 PM PDT by SleeperCatcher

Following an incident involving a pair of lightly armed U.S. soldiers and a squad of more heavily-armed Mexican troops in Texas earlier this month, POTUS Donald Trump announced Wednesday that in the future, American soldiers will also carry additional arms.

In addition, the president opined that perhaps the Mexican troops were not really interested in securing their country’s border as they were assisting a drug cartel.

“Mexico’s Soldiers recently pulled guns on our National Guard Soldiers, probably as a diversionary tactic for drug smugglers on the Border. Better not happen again! We are now sending ARMED SOLDIERS to the Border. Mexico is not doing nearly enough in apprehending & returning!” the commander-in-chief tweeted.

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KEYWORDS: armedtroops; border; mexico; mexicoborder; presidenttrump; usmilitary; yesweknow
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To: SleeperCatcher

60 years to late for troops on our border


41 posted on 04/24/2019 2:22:42 PM PDT by South Dakota
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To: max americana

Or maybe stay here and make heck? I am betting that they may take up arms against the US.


42 posted on 04/24/2019 2:29:02 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: M Kehoe

I also the f’n Federales were on OUR soil. If this happens again blow those bastards to mars.


43 posted on 04/24/2019 2:34:34 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: ptsal

We were “boarded” by the USCG on SF Bay while having an afternoon sail, some time back. They wanted to do a “safety check.” They put one guy on board (”to stand guard”) with an M-16 w/o a mag in the magwell. So I asked him where his ammo was? he said: “back on the 41 footer!” So I asked him what he’d do if I decided to throw him overboard. He said: “you wouldn’t do that would you?”


44 posted on 04/24/2019 2:36:18 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: dhs12345

The enemy among us.


45 posted on 04/24/2019 2:40:18 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Being woke means you can be nasty, hateful and use racist slurs yet feel morally superior.)
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To: deport

I see.. thanks.


46 posted on 04/24/2019 2:40:59 PM PDT by max americana (Fired libtards at our company for the past 12 yrs at every election. I hope all liberals die.)
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To: SENTINEL

Trump has fired exactly ZERO Generals since the incident.

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He won’t unless there is some violations of his orders or command
Malfeasance determined.


47 posted on 04/24/2019 2:43:35 PM PDT by deport
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To: rebel25
Libertarian: Noun. Typified by their pretense of liberty for all. Espouse open borders. Vending machine narcotics. Freedom of a woman to murder her unborn. Freedom for sexual deviants and homosexuals to pursue their perversion.

Uh huh. The only thing that brings you people here is that 1) you have neither credibility nor venue, anyplace else and 2) you happen to believe in the 2nd Amendment, albeit for the wrong reasons.

Make no mistake. Conservatives have no use for you. You come onto FR and clutter it with your pro dope posts. The rest of it, you hide from posters. Get lost.

48 posted on 04/24/2019 2:48:03 PM PDT by LouAvul (Freedom without responsibility is chaos. Next step? The Abyss.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

And the fricking reason why we don’t allow illegal immigrants!


49 posted on 04/24/2019 2:48:28 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: SleeperCatcher

WTH?
Armed Mexican troops holding US military troops at gunpoint ON U.S.SOIL ???

should have been full whoop-ass time immediately


50 posted on 04/24/2019 2:49:53 PM PDT by A strike (Import third world become third world)
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To: Hostage

Mexico’s President is part of the cartel.


51 posted on 04/24/2019 2:55:47 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: 4Runner

I believe our government has reserved these policies for protecting other countries boarders. See South Korea, Japan and more.


52 posted on 04/24/2019 3:14:12 PM PDT by spudville
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To: SleeperCatcher

Will keep on alert for pigs flying overhead...


53 posted on 04/24/2019 3:22:05 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: A strike

holding US military troops at gunpoint ON U.S.SOIL ???

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I guess that is part of the debate.....


54 posted on 04/24/2019 3:28:14 PM PDT by deport
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To: LouAvul
Assisting a drug cartel do what? Bring drugs into America? (I'm sure our libertarian FReepers love that.)

Why do you say that? By your logic FReepers who advocate for legal immigration must also support illegal immigration, right?

I think using any intoxicant is not a good idea, but the libertarian FReepers whose posts I have read are opposed to drug prohibition in part because prohibition leads to organized crime - like the drug cartels. After all, we don't have criminal beer cartels do we?

55 posted on 04/24/2019 3:40:33 PM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: SleeperCatcher
might wanna give them ammo too
56 posted on 04/24/2019 3:45:28 PM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: BobL
"He really can’t fire generals if they’re simply obeying prior orders regarding firearms. Trump’s only mistake was thinking that US soldiers were still permitted to actually bring the necessary weapons to defend themselves.

He won’t make that mistake again."

I can't help but think that someone undermined him...remember the whole "shot back if rocks thrown" incident?

57 posted on 04/24/2019 3:49:28 PM PDT by SENTINEL (Kneel down to God. Stand up to tyrants. STICK TO YOUR GUNS !)
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To: LouAvul

Actually wrong, wrong, and wrong. Prohibition was a failure so yes turning drugs into OTC would depower cartels. Pro second amendment as a guard against tyranny when ballots stop counting. Life is a gift from GOD starts at conception and the baby has a right to be born. I don’t care what queers do but it is NOT marriage as that is a covenant between GOD and yhe couple man woman. Make no mistake I have no use for conservatives if they are Romney or Bush, neocons are the bush league republicans. BTW way to generalize...conservatives as you define it are just another big government type that just want their own control.


58 posted on 04/24/2019 3:56:33 PM PDT by rebel25 (GOD, Family, guns, and duck hunting, everything else is just noise.)
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To: Ancesthntr

Mexico received lots of US GOLD to give up all claims to the north of the Rio Grande. Even more for Southern Arizona.


59 posted on 04/24/2019 4:21:55 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: ptsal

Guns, bullets, but no firing pins?

That was in the Rockford Files episode, The Queen Of Peru.

One armed baddie kidnaps a guy out of an NG exercise but no one else. has firing pins


60 posted on 04/24/2019 4:22:50 PM PDT by wally_bert (Disc jockeys are as interchangeable as spark plugs.)
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