Obama sending troops to border appears to be disingenous and political (poll, United States)

[JoeyPants]

It coincides with the immigration debate.

[averagejoe76]

Probably a move made to appear "tough" on immigration so the Amnesty can be pushed through..
Im not sure if he can somehow pass Amnesty but if he does the backlash will be HUGE.

[Lakewooder]

Just saw a poll on MSNBC of all places saying 57% are for a wall and 13% against..could that be?

[Kele]

Just more political posturing from an open borders administration.

Too little, too late.

[Pretzelogik]

the united states of mexamerica......NOT

[GottaBMe]

Yes. Far too few troops being sent with probably not much authority to do much of anything. Timing is very suspicious also.

[DontH8Me]

The troops will be about as affective as UNPROFOR was in stopping the Srebrenica genocide. I am curious to see what "exercises" these 1200 troops are going to perform - it sure seems like a Chinese fire drill to me.

[MotleyCrew]

Well 2,000 miles of border and only 1,200 troops....sigh. Sad

[tinman01]

Originally Posted by DontH8Me

The troops will be about as affective as UNPROFOR was in stopping the Srebrenica genocide. I am curious to see what "exercises" these 1200 troops are going to perform - it sure seems like a Chinese fire drill to me.

exactly.
I know exactly what you are talking about because I had the misfortune of being assigned to a UN mission. A mission of observe but do not get involved.

[DontH8Me]

Originally Posted by tinman01

exactly.
I know exactly what you are talking about because I had the misfortune of being assigned to a UN mission. A mission of observe but do not get involved.

I'm glad at least one other poster knows what I am referring to.

+1.