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Opinion: Trump could have used the migrant caravan to his advantage. But he's not that smart
NBC "News" ^ | April 4, 2018 | by Gustavo Arellano

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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Arizona; US: California; US: Florida; US: New Mexico; US: New York; US: Texas
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To: frnewsjunkie

Hitting the right letters on this phone is impossible


81 posted on 04/04/2018 12:34:38 PM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: IC Ken

That was the intent when “invade” took a lot of effort to stage.
Problem is it’s so quick to “invade” (ex.: ICBMs), or to invade elsewhere and have significant consequences here (ex.: WWII).
Hence the doctrine of decisive handling of threats abroad before they produce serious effects at home ... and the subsequent hesitation to bring military force here (if they’re needed _here_, something went _really_ wrong _there_).


82 posted on 04/04/2018 12:36:42 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (The Red Queen wasn't kidding.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Gustavo,

Take a long swim across the Rio Grande....

Back to Mexico.


83 posted on 04/04/2018 12:37:43 PM PDT by sauropod (I am His and He is mine.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

And this little prick has personally assumed the costs of how many criminal Invaders?

Yeah, Zero! But he sure likes the idea of everyone else footing the bill while these parasites destroy the Country’s Social structure.

Note to Goosestepper, these criminals are low educated, low skill people that will take generations to get off the taxpayer teet, if they ever do so.


84 posted on 04/04/2018 12:57:09 PM PDT by VRWCarea51 (The Original 1998 Version)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

LMAO!!! This clown is serious???? Go Trump!!!! I guess the moron,affiliated with NBC doesn’t understand how the National Guard can be federalizedand then utilized to defend our nation!!!!!


85 posted on 04/04/2018 1:03:21 PM PDT by MGunny
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To: RatRipper

ORANGE County
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There ya’ go, the two already have something in common.
Gustavo is found to be lacking in gusto. Perhaps POTUS will lend him some of his.


86 posted on 04/04/2018 1:03:34 PM PDT by V K Lee (Anyone who thinks my story is anywhere near over is sadly mistaken. - Donald J. Trump)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Trump is WINNING on this issue!


87 posted on 04/04/2018 1:14:49 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: V K Lee

The caravan has announced they are disbanding the trip in Mexico City. I guess they don’t want to do anything that would enhance Trump’s popularity. . . more winning. Gustavo, this was before the fat lady even took the stage. . . .


88 posted on 04/04/2018 1:16:41 PM PDT by RatRipper (Unindicted co-conspirators: the Mainstream Media and the Democratic Party)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I’ll bet a prime rib dinner that this guy is LA RAZA thru & thru.

It is NOT ILLEGAL for any President to repel invaders of this country or any other.

Someone in Calif needs to drive this guy back to his country of origin.

Today-—IF you are NOT part of the SOLUTION-—You definately are part of the PROBLEM.


89 posted on 04/04/2018 1:21:50 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So, Gustavo is saying they come from shitholes.


90 posted on 04/04/2018 1:30:38 PM PDT by polymuser (Its terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged today. - Chesterton)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I’m glad I don’t know what it feels like to be that stupid.


91 posted on 04/04/2018 1:49:53 PM PDT by libertylover (If people come here legally, they're immigrants; if they come here illegally, they're invaders.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Bastardo


92 posted on 04/04/2018 2:22:46 PM PDT by northislander
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

wasn’t Gustavo one of those quiet little mouses when Zero sent the Natl Guard to the border?


93 posted on 04/04/2018 2:28:26 PM PDT by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: MortMan

“They are not allowed to act as police, but they are very much allowed to act as spotters for the border patrol.”

They can act as soldiers to stop invaders, well within their rights.


94 posted on 04/04/2018 2:39:18 PM PDT by ScottfromNJ
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To: ScottfromNJ; MortMan

They can patrol in desert tan humvees and guard the detainee stockades


95 posted on 04/04/2018 2:42:06 PM PDT by bert (RE)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Another enemy of America pretending he giving constructive advice.


96 posted on 04/04/2018 2:52:42 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Tough tacos, Gustavo. Watch a real man in action.


97 posted on 04/04/2018 2:53:00 PM PDT by matt1234 (Jan. 20, 2017: the national nightmare ended.)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

American leftists, too. NBC first published that screed.


98 posted on 04/04/2018 3:28:27 PM PDT by Tucker39 ("It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
What a crock of BS. Trump did not direct the mob to come to the border and my country. Instead the ROE should be halt three times then fire. Trump should tweaks “ My placing of the military follows frontier days when we had troops patrolling the border because of raid by Mexico. Also because of the lack of support by the Senate and the tying of my hands on the wall. I most take this action to prevent an invasion of our country.”
99 posted on 04/04/2018 3:30:54 PM PDT by Don_Ret_USAF ("No Government can survive Without The Trust Of The People.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Gustavo! We agree. They should all be interned in a tent camp in Minot, ND. Indefinitely and very Publicly.


100 posted on 04/04/2018 3:35:20 PM PDT by The Toll
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