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Former Arizona National Guard leader says Biden’s border troops plan is flawed
KTAR News ^ | May 3, 2023

Posted on 05/08/2023 6:48:27 AM PDT by 11th_VA

PHOENIX – The former leader of the Arizona National Guard said he isn’t sold on the Biden administration’s plan to send federal troops to the border to help deal with the expected surge of migrants following the end of Title 42 next week.

Retired Maj. Gen. Mick McGuire, who served as the state’s adjutant general from 2013 until he retired in 2021, capping a 34-year military career, said Wednesday the move does little more than fill gaps left when President Joe Biden cut federal funding for National Guard border support after taking office in 2021.

“We had just in Arizona alone authorization for 1,700 National Guardsmen to be fully funded by the federal government, and he zeroed out that funding,” McGuire told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s Arizona’s Morning News.

“Now, he’s going to put 1,500 back, which is certainly appropriate, but a drop in the bucket.”

Under the plan revealed Tuesday, Army and Marine Corps troops will be deployed for 90 days so that U.S. Customs and Border Protection can focus on fieldwork. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will look to backfill with National Guard or Reserve troops during that period, a Pentagon spokesman said. There are already 2,500 National Guard members at the border.

McGuire said the U.S. military’s lack of local knowledge will limit what the troops can contribute.

“They’re very unfamiliar with the terrain,” he said of the federal troops. “They don’t know the local agents, and … by the time they’re up to speed, they’re turning around and leave again.”

“When you give the cartels a beginning and an end date … they’ll just wait for 90 days to ramp back up illicit activity,” he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktar.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: invasion; military

1 posted on 05/08/2023 6:48:27 AM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

This Guardsman must be a MAGA zealot, if he does not realize that the border is under control.


2 posted on 05/08/2023 6:51:01 AM PDT by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her legs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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To: alstewartfan

Not to worry that they’re not familiar with the terrain etc. they’re in there for show


3 posted on 05/08/2023 6:53:02 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (22 years on Free Republic, 12/10/22! more then 6500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: 11th_VA

Because theyre helping process illegal immigrants instead of repelling them?


4 posted on 05/08/2023 7:06:13 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: j.havenfarm

These Communist staff pukes have turned our fine troops into stenographers for the collapse of our civilization.


5 posted on 05/08/2023 7:14:43 AM PDT by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her legs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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To: 11th_VA

FLAWED???????

Pretty tame language for the TOTAL DISASTER the southern border is under BIDEN & MAYORKAS


6 posted on 05/08/2023 7:21:24 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: 11th_VA

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7 posted on 05/08/2023 7:24:48 AM PDT by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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To: 11th_VA

That’s a big “DUH.”

Anything “Biden” is flawed . . .


8 posted on 05/08/2023 7:32:12 AM PDT by MCSETots
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To: 11th_VA

The best plan is to prohibit all non-illegal aliens from being within 25 miles of the border. Let the politician take turns going to the border to hug, smooch and kiss the aliens’ asses and change the baby diapers. Why should Americans have to be the welcome party?


9 posted on 05/08/2023 7:33:21 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Since O'Bama was ruling the roost, America has gone from melting pot to septic tank of the world.)
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To: 11th_VA
It's not a flawed plan.

It's a planned flaw.

10 posted on 05/08/2023 7:35:24 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
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To: MrRelevant

“Because theyre helping process illegal immigrants instead of repelling them?”

BINGO !!! ABSOLUTELY !!!

FASTER CATCH AND RELEASE!


11 posted on 05/08/2023 7:47:04 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: 11th_VA

They are there to do paperwork not defend the border.


12 posted on 05/08/2023 7:49:03 AM PDT by pas
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To: 11th_VA

Name one thing that isn’t flawed with or about Biden and his team of stooges.

The only plan they have is take in all the people form hell hole countries and let them do their handy work here.

When everyone has nothing it’s easier to have mass control.


13 posted on 05/08/2023 7:57:26 AM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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Hey, General: Are you unable to grasp that your troops are being sent there to feed, shelter, clothe, process paperwork and then transport the invaders further into the interior?

The plan isn’t flawed. It is merely traitorous and evil.


14 posted on 05/08/2023 8:04:26 AM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: 11th_VA

Biden’s only plan for troops on the border is to process paperwork to more efficiently move illegals into the country.


15 posted on 05/08/2023 9:37:35 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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