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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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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alieninvasion; aliens; border
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1 posted on 02/26/2019 9:17:21 PM PST by wastedyears
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Air Force Gen. Terrence O’Shaughnessy, commander, U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command,

Should be NoCom, as in no command. I'd more readily listen to an Army or Marine general.

2 posted on 02/26/2019 9:18:05 PM 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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It’s not a military threat, it’s a criminal invasion, the magnitude of which requires a military response.


3 posted on 02/26/2019 9:20:41 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (We are in the midst of a Cold Civil War.)
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To: wastedyears

And neither does PT see a “military” threat from the south. But It does represent a very real threat to America all the same.


4 posted on 02/26/2019 9:23:03 PM PST by McCarthysGhost
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To: wastedyears

If I were Trump, I would be so discouraged. So much betrayal from supposed patriots at every turn. Mitch, all the RINO Senators, Paul Ryan, Michael Cohen. On and on forever.
Our President is remarkably resilient. Amazing to see.


5 posted on 02/26/2019 9:23:35 PM PST by tinamina
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It’s is absolutely a paramilitary threat. There is no dispute the drug cartels are heavily armed and are infiltrating into the US through the unguarded border areas.


6 posted on 02/26/2019 9:24:16 PM PST by lodi90
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To: wastedyears

Is a “military threat” the only threat to a nation’s border?


7 posted on 02/26/2019 9:28:25 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: lodi90

So are the muslims.


8 posted on 02/26/2019 9:29:19 PM PST by sport
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To: wastedyears

He’s one of those perfumed prince politically-correct generals in lockstep with the Demonrat party.


9 posted on 02/26/2019 9:29:51 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (Enjoy the decline of the American empire.)
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10 posted on 02/26/2019 9:30:31 PM PST by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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I wonder if he'd be saying that fresh from the cemetery after burying his entire family that just got smashed into by a drunk illegal with a dozen drunk convictions, no license, insurance, registration, and a dozen deportations under his wings?

Wonder if he'd say that if he just learned his mother and father were murdered in their retirement home by an illegal, on their knees, begging for their lives?

Millions, MILLIONS of Americans have similar stories to tell.

11 posted on 02/26/2019 9:31:23 PM PST by Dogbert41 (When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe. -Luke 11:21)
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Completely misleading headline.

This guy works quite literally under a rock called Cheyenne Mountain and takes a trip to the border with the SECDEF. Hardly a subject matter expert on the border threat.


12 posted on 02/26/2019 9:31:33 PM PST by TADSLOS (Being cremated is my last hope for a smoking hot body.)
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Time to retire.


13 posted on 02/26/2019 9:32:17 PM PST by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: wastedyears
Most of his career and promotions were under Bill Clinton and Obama.
That tells me everything.
14 posted on 02/26/2019 9:39:52 PM PST by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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At what point do masses charging our border NOT become a military threat?


15 posted on 02/26/2019 9:45:12 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists call 'em what you will they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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He won’t see the MS13 threat either - until one of their machine guns opens him up like a can of sardines.

Like I said on a different thread ... This fight is going to either come down to regular American citizens taking armed intervention on the border, or a civil war - starting with an armed insurrection against Washington D.C.


16 posted on 02/26/2019 9:46:00 PM PST by JME_FAN (If you lived here, you'd be home by now.)
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Does this General have any familiarity with the term, ‘asymmetric warfare’?

Hey O’Shaughnessy, your country is being invaded by a colonizing force, you dunce.


17 posted on 02/26/2019 9:49:33 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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technically true. The mexican Military is not defecting or attacking.

The drug cartels and coyotes (basically Mexico’s Militia) however....


18 posted on 02/26/2019 9:49:33 PM PST by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house....)
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To: tinamina

I believe he tunes them out..

I think he is listing to the people that brought him to the party.

That’s those of us that voted him in to office.


19 posted on 02/26/2019 9:51:05 PM PST by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house....)
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To: wastedyears

Why the hell is an “Air Force” General wading in on “combat readiness”? Did the run out of ice at the Officers’ Club, or something?
Hey, Gen-Gen...ever hear of “guerrilla warfare”, Al Quida, ISIS, the Sandinista, etc? You don’t need a snappy uniform, or shiny boots to be a threat to the sanctity and security of another country, just a desire to take over and grab the spoils of invasion.
General, have you noticed the caravans from central America headed our way, and their determination to come into our country, welcomed or not? Have you seen the tunneling, the climbing, the smuggling, the drugs, the illegal alien crime problem...or any of those things.
At least the military is somewhat controlled, and organized...take them away and the invaders come in willy-nilly and militias - manned by armed civilians - break out everywhere. Is that what you want General.
Or, are you just hoping this will land you a gig on a news channel panel as a “military expert”?


20 posted on 02/26/2019 9:53:54 PM PST by FrankR (How to get a one-armed SOCIALIST out of a tree...wave to him.)
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