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US general says no military threat on southern border
Associated Post ^ | February 26, 2019 | Lolita C Baldor

Posted on 02/26/2019 9:17:21 PM PST by wastedyears

WASHINGTON (AP) — Under pointed questioning from senators, the top U.S. general for homeland defense said Tuesday that he sees no military threat coming from the southern border with Mexico, but his focus is on “very real” threats from China and Russia.

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To: tinamina

and that pissant the soon to be ‘one termer’ tom the turd tillis from NC


21 posted on 02/26/2019 9:56:27 PM PST by ldish (Have had enough...you??????)
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To: wastedyears

Guys an idiot. If China and Russia and the communist world were to invade they would assault our borders eventually which includes the freakin’ southern border.


22 posted on 02/26/2019 10:00:54 PM PST by Sheapdog (Chew the meat, spit out the bones - FUBO - Come and get me)
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To: wastedyears
Image result for Air Force Gen. Terrence O’Shaughnessy

Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy
Description Terrence John O'Shaughnessy is a United States Air Force four-star general who currently serves as the commander of the U.S. Northern Command and commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command. General O'Shaughnessy is a 1986 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy.
Born: Canada

23 posted on 02/26/2019 10:02:23 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: tinamina

They know its a threat to the American people but they have been bought or threatened.


24 posted on 02/26/2019 10:03:18 PM PST by crusher2013
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To: Robert DeLong

“Born: Canada”

Says it all, huh?

The guy’s a foreigner. Wearing our uniform.


25 posted on 02/26/2019 10:06:02 PM PST by Regulator
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To: wastedyears

This general needs to lose his stripes. . .there is a war going on without a military presence. . .it is called disease, sex trafficking, murder, kidnapping, crimes against US citizens, drain on our economy, schools, etc. Such comments from him in my opinion are traitorous.


26 posted on 02/26/2019 10:08:00 PM PST by Maudeen (REPENT AND BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND YOU WILL BE SAVED!)
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To: Robert DeLong

Time the Commander and Chief to have his troops drop this Canuck off at the border 40 miles from nowhere in drug cartel land and let him practice his survival training. If he can make it back on his own he can tell us what he has learned.


27 posted on 02/26/2019 10:10:50 PM PST by fireman15
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To: Maudeen

Put him in command of the Arizona border troops


28 posted on 02/26/2019 10:11:20 PM PST by morphing libertarian (Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: wastedyears

And did it while Trump is out of the country. The low life SOB.


29 posted on 02/26/2019 10:12:56 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: wastedyears

And did it while Trump is out of the country. The low life SOB.


30 posted on 02/26/2019 10:13:01 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Regulator
And he rose quickly through the ranks in, you guessed it, Obama's reign:

Brigadier General Nov. 2, 2009
Major General Aug. 2, 2013
Lieutenant General Dec. 19, 2014
General July 12, 2016

31 posted on 02/26/2019 10:17:39 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: wastedyears

Another stellar appointment by President Trump.

Does everyone he hired to work in the “The Trump Organization” disagree with his business philosophy, too?


32 posted on 02/26/2019 10:33:30 PM PST by zeestephen
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To: wastedyears

I’m sure he’ll put his money where his mouth is and head to the border to prove it...right?
Oh yeah, he’s a remf.


33 posted on 02/26/2019 10:51:42 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: wastedyears

Ok, I take back the mean stuff I said about him, I just listened to about 30 minutes of his testimony. He pretty much backed up Trump and did not throw him under any buses. He merely said there was no traditional military threat at the moment from the south. But he did say securing the border was a big and wide reaching element of national security.

Then he went into a discussion about needing south facing radars that were scrapped after the cold war as Chinese threats from South America could materialize.

It pains me to defend a USAF general, but he was on board for troops to the border, and did not mite on several attempts to get him to dispute the National Emergency declared on the border.

But in my defense, I didn’t know that until I broke a FR rule and went to the source and listened to the whole testimony...or at least 30 min of it.


34 posted on 02/26/2019 11:14:00 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: wastedyears

Now he just said he supported SecDef in shifting DOD dollars to the wall.
And he refused to take the bait that using those funds would hurt morale and readiness.

Listen to him and he is doing pretty good if you ask me.
It’s pretty clear he isn’t a sycophant of the Dems on the committee.


35 posted on 02/26/2019 11:18:03 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: wastedyears

Yep.

Bye bye general.

Happy retirement!!!!

You stand relieved.


36 posted on 02/26/2019 11:50:48 PM PST by pacificus
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To: wastedyears

“O’Shaughnessy, who visited the southern border on Saturday with Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, was careful to defer any assessment of the southern threat to the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection. He said that those agencies believe that more fencing can impact the movement of drugs across the border.

O’Shaughnessy said he would defer to DHS “on the character of the threat,” adding that Northern Command is trying to “be a good partner” as the other agencies take on the drug trafficking challenge. Asked if it is a national emergency, he said, it is a “national issue” that requires a “whole-of-government approach.“


37 posted on 02/26/2019 11:54:24 PM PST by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: wastedyears

OK.... It’s not a MILITARY threat. It is dire a threat to the nation however. That by definition makes it a threat that the military can and should be used to eradicate.
Stupid Air Force PC general.


38 posted on 02/27/2019 12:30:32 AM PST by vpintheak (Stop making stupid people famous!)
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To: wastedyears

So Mexico doesn’t have tanks on the border. Who knew !!!


39 posted on 02/27/2019 1:01:54 AM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: wastedyears
US general says no military threat on southern border

BULL$HIT Sir!

40 posted on 02/27/2019 1:13:49 AM PST by VideoDoctor
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