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Migrants won't see armed US soldiers on border
WRAL (AP) ^ | 11/16/2018 | Julie Watson

Posted on 11/17/2018 10:01:34 AM PST by RightGeek

Edited on 11/17/2018 3:55:19 PM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

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Much more at the link. "Why would I be a threat - I just want welfare?" - not exact, but you get the idea
1 posted on 11/17/2018 10:01:34 AM PST by RightGeek
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“That’s because U.S. military troops are prohibited from carrying out law enforcement duties.”

Nice gaslighting but no they aren’t, Marines are exempt for one. One easy example is their use guarding the mail trains in the 1920s. Armed to the teeth. The military was used in Little Rock as I recall. Marines were sent to the LA Riots.

Last but not least, repelling an invasion AT the border is not “law enforcement”. It is a classic military mission.


2 posted on 11/17/2018 10:05:34 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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Photographers will outnumber immigrants and soldiers 4-1. No chance the military is going to do anything rough.


3 posted on 11/17/2018 10:06:30 AM PST by lurk
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To: RightGeek

Sounds like their plans of hitching a ride on the wheezing U.S. Government Gravy Train may be thwarted. If these people are forced to go back to Mexico or their home countries it will be one of President Trump’s greatest victories. What a blessed change from Obama and the Democrats who would sell their grandmother’s gold teeth for a few more votes.


4 posted on 11/17/2018 10:06:57 AM PST by txrefugee
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$700 billion per year for a military which cannot stop an INVASION:

I want my money back.


5 posted on 11/17/2018 10:18:40 AM PST by gaijin
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To: lurk

What immigrants?


6 posted on 11/17/2018 10:23:36 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: RightGeek
That's because U.S. military troops are prohibited from carrying out law enforcement duties.

Against US citizens. What is the military or militia for if not to repel invasion?

7 posted on 11/17/2018 10:34:06 AM PST by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: RightGeek

Sounds like lap dog Mattis at work again. Credibility is very important for the reelection campaign Mr President.


8 posted on 11/17/2018 10:39:20 AM PST by Midwesterner53
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To: gaijin
$700 billion per year for a military which cannot stop an INVASION:

Cannot?

WRONG!!!

You're confusing capability and permission. Your beef (if legitimate) is not with our Soldiers, but with their political masters ... otherwise known as your (and my) "elected" "representatives".

Their Commander in Chief has a name: President Donald J. Trump.

So now you know where to direct your ire and outrage.

9 posted on 11/17/2018 10:39:52 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: RightGeek

This is not a “law enforcement duty.” Preposterous.


10 posted on 11/17/2018 10:53:57 AM PST by montag813
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To: RightGeek

It’s time to make an exception for the military at the borders and coasts to protect our country from an invasion. Not just leave it to Border Patrol and the Coast Guard. Times and dangers have changed. This exception should have been done 50 years ago.


11 posted on 11/17/2018 11:15:18 AM PST by Boomer (The only good leftists are those who have 'left us' for another country)
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The coast guard is a military branch. The border patrol should have never existed. Using the military to enforce our border should have always been used.


12 posted on 11/17/2018 12:47:58 PM PST by Oil Object Insp
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To: Oil Object Insp

We agree. Why wouldn’t the military be authorized to protect the border from invaders; even civilian invaders?

Rhetorical question. I guess the answer would be the civilians are not (all) an armed army but they are still dangerous and costly invaders.


13 posted on 11/17/2018 12:57:10 PM PST by Boomer (The only good leftists are those who have 'left us' for another country)
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To: DesertRhino
Marines were sent to the LA Riots.

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That was my battalion, 2nd Bn, 9th Marines

Hell in a Helmet

14 posted on 11/17/2018 1:32:58 PM PST by Salvavida
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To: RightGeek

My empathy jar is empty

My compassion jar is empty

My sympathy jar is empty

I am refilling all 3 jars with ammo.


15 posted on 11/17/2018 1:49:36 PM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: Boomer

The malarky about our military not being allowed by law to protect our borders is an outright LIE! The military cannot be used against our own citizens to enforce political positions but most certainly can protect our country. That is their primary duty.


16 posted on 11/17/2018 2:37:40 PM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: RightGeek
"U.S. military troops are prohibited from carrying out law enforcement duties."

Defending our borders against invasion is one of the federal government's (and by extension, our military's) primary obligations.

It is NOT law enforcement, and Posse Commitatus does not apply.

17 posted on 11/17/2018 3:22:04 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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“It’s too much security to confront humble people who just want to work,” said Ulloa, a 23-year-old electrician from Choloma, Honduras,”

Too bad, Ulloa. We are all full up here. Go home. Fix your own **** hole country.

L


18 posted on 11/17/2018 3:25:09 PM PST by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: Boomer
It’s time to make an exception for the military at the borders and coasts to protect our country from an invasion.

No exception is required. Defending our borders against invasion is one of the federal government's primary duties, and has nothing to do with Posse Commitatus.

19 posted on 11/17/2018 3:25:59 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: RightGeek

That is an AP article which must be a short excerpt only.
You may need to hit the abuse button and asked the mods
to shorten it.


20 posted on 11/17/2018 3:35:32 PM PST by deport
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