Then call out the National Guard and force Obama’s hand.
I posted that one - I think that’s where he’s heading. If he’s doing what I suspect, he’s setting it up so that he can say he had no choice but to do so. I posted this to the Texas board (saving myself some retyping):
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That’s not a bad idea (though like you I wish he’d move faster if this is what he’s doing) - imagine the interviews with the press who will be screaming bloody murder about it. “Well, I *tried* everything else, what would you have me do? I have to defend my citizens and nobody offered me any other options even after I pleaded with everyone from the Federal bureaucracy up to the President himself! It got me nowhere. So what option do I have, Mr. Journalist?”
Not saying that this is for certain what he is doing - but it’s one possible scenario.
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He may be doing this, he may not. I don’t know. I do know that if he doesn’t do something to ensure that Obama doesn’t Federalize the Texas National Guard, Obama will Federalize the force and instead of securing the border, he will send them to try and bolster his lost war in Afghanistan or Iraq.