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The US Military is highly trained as are Border Patrol and other such authorities, indeed untrained volunteers might just get in the way and complicate things further.
I'm in the California Minutemen. We would sit watch along the border in known illegal-alien corridors. We brought private arms, knowing that the coyotes were often armed. Never had to use them all the times I was there. Sometimes we would see some illegal aliens come in. Coyotes apparently brought them to the border, boosted them over (fence was pretty paltry then), and turn them loose.
They would often walk right up to our camp, having no idea what to do. Some were coyote victims, others had walked a long way on their own etc. Sometimes they would be shivering, hungry, thirsty etc. We would give hem food and water, wrap blankets around them first aid if they needed it, and call the Border Patrol. We had good relations with the BP, a situation that continues to this day.
We both had the same objective, and got along well. We deferred to their professionalism, and they appreciated having the extra eyes.
I'd be very surprised if the "militia" people of today, were any different.
It's only the screaming liberal hysterics who have never seen them on station, who are trying to tell you otherwise for their own reasons.
I'm agreeing with you. I found the statement proufoundly ironic.
This whole "issue" has been one giant episode of fear mongering primarily on the right.
Just send extra personel to the border to deal with this unusually large group of assylum seekers and let it go through the normal channels. The courts will figure it out. That's their job.
But all this THEY'RE TERRORISTS COMING KILL YOUR BABIES is just foolishness meant to gin up votes.
It's stupid and annoying as hell.
Sending 5100 troops to put up barbed wire weeks before the caravan gets here (or maybe doesn't, since many people have dropped away from it) is overkill. The government could have sent rent-a-cops a week before the caravan's ETA to do the job and saved us millions. Putting up barbed wire is not a complicated process. But Trump has taxpayers' unlimited checkbook at his disposal so here we are.
Waldo logic, on the other hand is oblivious to history and some of the events that shook the nation;.....
Waldo logic?
I prefer to be concerned with the criminals trying to illegally cross the border than to make criminals out of law abiding citizens of the USA, like the Democrats.
Sending 5100 troops to put up barbed wire weeks before the caravan gets here (or maybe doesn't, since many people have dropped away from it) is overkill. The government could have sent rent-a-cops a week before the caravan's ETA to do the job and saved us millions. Putting up barbed wire is not a complicated process. But Trump has taxpayers' unlimited checkbook at his disposal so here we are.
I'm for following whatever was requested by the proessionals who actually work at the border every day. Get those agencies together and let them come up with plan, then give them what they ask for.
If that is what they actually asked for then fine. If it's some stupid stuff for the cameras, then a pox on the whole thing.
Sending 5100 troops to put up barbed wire weeks before the caravan gets here (or maybe doesn't, since many people have dropped away from it) is overkill. The government could have sent rent-a-cops a week before the caravan's ETA to do the job and saved us millions. Putting up barbed wire is not a complicated process. But Trump has taxpayers' unlimited checkbook at his disposal so here we are.
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Sending 5100 troops to put up barbed wire weeks before the caravan gets here (or maybe doesn't, since many people have dropped away from it) is overkill. The government could have sent rent-a-cops a week before the caravan's ETA to do the job and saved us millions. Putting up barbed wire is not a complicated process. But Trump has taxpayers' unlimited checkbook at his disposal so here we are.
Well, the troops are getting paid, regardless of where they're sent or what they're doing. They were not hired specifically for this mission. So it's no skin off your nose.
I prefer to be concerned with the criminals trying to illegally cross the border than to make criminals out of law abiding citizens of the USA, like the Democrats.
That clear enough for you?
Here's a dose of logic then: there is no evidence any member of the caravan is attempting to cross illegally. In fact, there is plenty of evidence they are not. A person who is trying to do something illegal hides their actions. They don't display what they are doing for all the world to see.
Sending 5100 troops to put up barbed wire weeks before the caravan gets here (or maybe doesn't, since many people have dropped away from it) is overkill. The government could have sent rent-a-cops a week before the caravan's ETA to do the job and saved us millions. Putting up barbed wire is not a complicated process. But Trump has taxpayers' unlimited checkbook at his disposal so here we are.
I responded to you three pages ago and attempted to answer the question that you keep asking and insisting that nobody is answering. Now here you are three pages later, having refused to even acknowledge my reply, spouting off the same uneducated emotionally-driven garbage all over again.
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Here's a dose of logic then: there is no evidence any member of the caravan is attempting to cross illegally. In fact, there is plenty of evidence they are not. A person who is trying to do something illegal hides their actions. They don't display what they are doing for all the world to see.
Scooby logic?
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