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Trump says U.S. could send up to 15,000 troops to border
Reuters ^ | 10/31/2018 | Jeff Mason; Writing by Makini Brice; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

Posted on 10/31/2018 1:46:58 PM PDT by sodpoodle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States could send as many as 15,000 military troops to the border with Mexico, as he hardens his stance against a caravan of migrants fleeing violence and poverty in Central America. The Pentagon has said it has identified about 7,000 active-duty troops, including about 2,000 on standby, that could be deployed to the southern border.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; border; braking; invasion; power
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To: JBW1949
"The US is not required to give asylum since they were originally offered asylum in Mexico and turned it down...

International law states that they must request asylum in the FIRST country outside of their home country...If they don’t, we aren’t required to give it..."

Absolutely correct!

41 posted on 10/31/2018 2:22:01 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: libertylover

What they’re seeking asylum from is no worse than some major US cities. Murder, assault, rape, robberies, drugs. It’s not persecution, it’s crime.

Mexico, Guatemala, EL Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, all have a Constitution and elections to be able to fix their problems just as our major cities have. Who’s problem is it that they keep voting for the people offering the most freebies?


42 posted on 10/31/2018 2:22:39 PM PDT by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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To: LydiaLong

“No dumb b@stard ever won a war by going out and dying for his country. He won it by making some other dumb b@stard die for his country.” ~ Gen. George S. Patton


43 posted on 10/31/2018 2:32:19 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin ( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
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To: luvbach1

Nope, the US controls the airspace and has good supply lines. We can just go behind them.


44 posted on 10/31/2018 2:34:28 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin; unkus; ManHunter; SkyPilot; hoosiermama; radu; Steely Tom; vette6387; NFHale; ...

Trump rally in FL in 1-1/2 hours.


45 posted on 10/31/2018 2:36:15 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: sodpoodle

Well, once he has the troops at the border and the caravan turns back, he can use them to start building the rest of the wall.


46 posted on 10/31/2018 2:40:46 PM PDT by Pravious
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To: sodpoodle

How long can we leave them on the border?


47 posted on 10/31/2018 2:42:35 PM PDT by Ingtar
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To: LydiaLong

Perhaps the tents will be in Mexico, or we will establish a temporary embassy to the Moon wherever the tents are located.


48 posted on 10/31/2018 2:44:30 PM PDT by Ingtar
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To: sodpoodle

GOOD! Show of force to get them to change their minds and come here the legitimate way!


49 posted on 10/31/2018 2:45:48 PM PDT by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." -GW)
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To: sodpoodle

“....military troops....”


I cannot tell you how much this phrase ticks me off. WTF other kind of troops are there besides military ones?


50 posted on 10/31/2018 2:48:14 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies; JBW1949

So, you agree with Ruth Bader Ginsberg....... we must follow International Law.

That is weak. No one follows that law because it is unenforceable. To claim the law, you must allow international enforcers.

Guess what? there are no international enforcers.


51 posted on 10/31/2018 2:48:53 PM PDT by bert ((KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Invade Honduras. Provide a military government)
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To: Ancesthntr

Thank Goodness it’s not a Broadway troop!


52 posted on 10/31/2018 2:49:41 PM PDT by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." -GW)
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To: bert

Of course not...Just stating that President Trump is NOT REQUIRED to offer amnesty to the invaders....


53 posted on 10/31/2018 2:50:35 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: bert

It is also covered under a US Code...I don’t know the number, but it has been posted several times over the last few days in FR...


54 posted on 10/31/2018 2:51:42 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: sodpoodle

We’re with ya, Mr. President!

(I’d love to see that wall built by the military in about a month.)


55 posted on 10/31/2018 2:53:03 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: bert

U.S. Code › Title 8 › Chapter 12 › Subchapter II › Part I › § 1158


56 posted on 10/31/2018 2:55:30 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: sodpoodle

I was watching some documentary, a guy from Ghana living in Tijuana tents. He talked about how he should have been let in the USA because all of Africa was poor, with few job prospects, random wars and widespread poverty. The exact same line as the central americans are using.

Western exceptionalism has turned bare countries into productive countries. American exceptionalism in particular. But Westerners were told to leave other countries because we were bad bad colonialists and inperialists. And so we did. And we grew and prospered and developed the most advanced. law-abiding society on the planet. We sacrificed and scrimped and saved to preserve our legacy for our children. Yet fifty years on, everybody wants to come to the West, not asking for entry based on some merit or skill, but demanding it as if somehow we owe them for their countries remaining poor because of their own bannishment of Western exceptionalism from their lands.


57 posted on 10/31/2018 3:01:06 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: Pravious
Well, once he has the troops at the border and the caravan turns back, he can use them to start building the rest of the wall.

What would be a great result from this military presence would be a big hit on cartel drug trade across the border. After all the videos from trail cameras showing cartel gunmen armed with AKs freely escorting large groups of their drug mules, a reduction of that activity would be nice. The cartel boys that lop off heads of competition may not end up being too happy with caravan heads after they bite into profits. We'll see after they get far enough North into cartel territory with their caravans.

58 posted on 10/31/2018 3:01:15 PM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: sodpoodle

Tin hat: 15,000 troops with tanks and Bradleys will be used in a joint operation with Mexico to root out and destroy the cartels.

Spec ops to be used similar to raids on alqeada and ISIS targets to get the cartel’s leadership.


59 posted on 10/31/2018 3:17:11 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Thanks****


60 posted on 10/31/2018 3:18:49 PM PDT by LydiaLong
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