Posted on 04/04/2018 11:44:25 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Sending troops to the border not only violates American law, it is the least politically savvy play the president could make.
Donald Trump is threatening to place soldiers on the U.S.-Mexico border to face off against a thousand-strong caravan of Central Americans who started in Honduras and are slowly winding their way through Mexico and plan to enter los Estados Unidos. And I can’t wait: Those refugees need Marines to protect them from ICE agents.
Our Coast Guard should have bulk tents, water, food and showers for everyone who shows up. And who better than Uncle Sam’s troops to offer a formal apology for directly and indirectly creating the conditions that have forced so many Central Americans to make the trek north over the past four decades in the first place.
So, unlike many of my fellow open-borderistas, I welcome news that Donald Trump wants to send in the troops. It’ll be far more cost-effective than a border wall, and it wouldn't hurt to call back our fighting men, women and transgender people from all of our imperialist adventures across the world and place them on la frontera.
Alas, my dream won’t happen. Brigades-on-the-border are just another saber rattle by a president who always seeks scapegoats among the most oppressed of people. He’s found a perfect candidate with this caravan, which he has already cast as evil-doers whom must be kept out, regardless of the Constitution, federal law or the federal budget.
If any of those in the caravan get sent back and die at the hands of the people they traveled so far to escape, the blood will be on Trump’s hands. Our troops deserve better than to be used as pawns in some reality-show reality by a power-hungry and attention-seeking tyrant.
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First off, it is not against the law. The law prevents using US troops against US citizens, not against defending our border, which is constitutionally called for. Thus, if a law prevents carrying out constitutional directives, the law is unconstitutional.
Give this delusional punk an atomic wedgie
Placing troops on our border is going to be INFINITELY more popular than placing them in Iraq or Afghanistan.
“And who better than Uncle Sam’s troops to offer a formal apology for directly and indirectly creating the conditions that have forced so many Central Americans to make the trek north over the past four decades in the first place.”
Major cognitive dissonance Gustavo. “Your people” have a history of $hitting in your own nests, and/or electing dictators from whom you want to flee. Just because you are part of the world’s crap people, is no reason for the United States to give you new place in which to $hit, along with an unearned stipend from our legal citizens!.
NBC Fake News employs fake journalists who publish fake articles using fake data/research. They should be relegated to the comedy channel on TV.
Guess he’d prefer Lyn’ Ted back down on the border handing out teddy bears.
The army can’t be used against US Citizens you stupid twit.
They can be used against illegals, the fictitious DACA class and this invasion force from Mexico.
Shots fired at the Border from US Mil will tip this crap in the bud real quick
Our military is to be used when invaders try to invade our homeland.. It is really that simple.
“If any of those in the caravan get sent back and die at the hands of the people they traveled so far to escape, the blood will be on Trump’s hands. “
This is the crux of the article-——and I guarantee that this author will be disappointed if a death does NOT occur.
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tip = nip
On an IQ comparison, one suspects that the President has no less than a two to one edge over the smirking columnist in the picture.
Consider: Leftist War On Social Continuity.
And infinitely more useful for US security. Too bad I’m not president. I would give orders to shoot any invader who crosses the border. Problem solved.
fighting men, women and transgender people
FU AH
Hey, Gustavo!
Obama hasn’t been in office for over a year.
So he’s a lifelong illegal alien? That’s not very politically savvy on NBC’s part.
>> If we’re told a lie, don’t repeat it. Neutralize the lie by speaking the truth. Lies aren’t defeated by repeating the lie. Lies are defeated by repeating the truth. We should have our eyes on the prize - in this case, politically, what it takes to recover our Free Constitutional Republic. That should be what we major on and focus on.
IMO, if a poster can’t be bothered to do that, then they shouldn’t post. If they’re going to be bothered to post, do it right. We’re on a mission here.<<
Excellent post, every point is spot on!
See, this is the mistake the Soviets made in that old movie, Red Dawn. They parachuted directly onto US soil and fighting ensued.
Had this columnist been in around to advise them, the Soviets would have just taken a couple of ships to Mexico, offloaded their troops there, and marched into AZ CA and TX because according to this columnist, US troops can’t be used to hold back an invading force.
When they returned to the US in 1912, the 2nd Cavalry was sent to the border of Mexico to enforce border laws and prevent raids by banditos. The regiment's sector extended from El Paso, Texas all the way to Presidio, Texas, a stretch of 262 miles. The troopers were busily engaged in the duties of border surveillance and border security.
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