Border stunt over, military quietly pulls troops having served their political purpose

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Cuddles, Dec 10, 2018.

  1. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    on the plus side, looks like they'll make it to the holidays

    https://apnews.com/eea454ccb0004406b1382268802e34f0

    US starts to withdraw troops from Trump border mission

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. this week will begin withdrawing many of the active duty troops sent to the border with Mexico by President Donald Trump just before the midterm election in response to a caravan of Central American migrants, U.S. officials said Monday.

    About 2,200 of the active duty troops will be pulled out before the holidays, the officials said, shrinking an unusual domestic deployment that was viewed by critics as a political stunt and a waste of military resources.

    That will leave about 3,000 active duty troops in Texas, Arizona and California, mainly comprised of military police and helicopter transport crews who are assisting border patrol agents. There also will still be about 2,300 members of the National Guard who were sent to the border region as part of a separate deployment that started in April.
     
  2. wildchild

    wildchild

    Yeah because a big caravan didnt come and try to illegally enter the country or anything.
     
  3. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    oh I guess they gave up and turned around then
     
  4. Tony Stark

    Tony Stark

    What happened to his other stunt of ending birthright citizenship? Funny how no mention of that after the elections but his racists supporters were so happy when he promised it lol!!!
     
  5. wildchild

    wildchild

    Yeah pretty much. Way to be informed. Way to nip that conspiracy in the bud. After a bunch of the caravan went home, the troops got putted off the border. Maybe the Russians had something to do with it.

    More Hondurans prepare to return home: 'The caravan is over. Everyone is on their own now.'

    https://www.sandiegouniontribune.co...e-are-the-caravan-members-20181206-story.html
     
  6. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    So you admit the military wasn't needed then? Glad we agree
     
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  7. A lot of them are still patiently waiting by their mail boxes.

    President Trump promises to bring the middle class a new tax cut by November, somehow
    https://thinkprogress.org/president...new-tax-cut-by-november-somehow-a6c67ca9dec5/
     
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  8. There's a better solution to secure the border. First we did a moat filled with gators. Then there's a mile wide of concertina wire followed by another mile of drunk hillbillies they have to fight. Get through that and it's welcome to America. How do we get the money? Pay per view.
     
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  9. Before long, President Lefty in Mexico is going to learn a hard lesson from President Tampon in France.

    Somehow in his little world of leftynomics he has concluded that Mexico has an extra 30 billion in the secret compartment of their wallet that can be given to central american countries while his own people are fleeing north to escape poverty. We have already seen Mexicans- such as the people in Tijuana saying "Yo, what about us. El Salvador nacho country Senor Presidente, just stop their sorry arses at the guatemala/mexico border and give us some of that 30 billion, in USD not pesos please."

    MORE TO COME.

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...aravan-donald-trump-lopez-obrador/2272077002/
     
  10. a better solution is to have all the nut cases and border patriots move to Mexico and live there to protect the border from the other side. win/win for everyone.
     
    #10     Dec 11, 2018