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LOL: Trump's Brilliant Military Strategy (Original Post) kpete Nov 2018 OP
And how much is it going to cost for 15,000 troops to camp out, tanyev Nov 2018 #1
Exactly!! 2naSalit Nov 2018 #2
Not just camping out - if the caravan shifts east or west, the troops will have to move NewJeffCT Nov 2018 #3
And it's being cheered on by the same people who absolutely lost it over Jade Helm. tanyev Nov 2018 #6
Come on tanyev. That was totally different. Caliman73 Nov 2018 #27
these are asylum seekers, not border runners.... getagrip_already Nov 2018 #13
I was just gonna say that. How much more of our tax money is he wasting? calimary Nov 2018 #16
I think Trumpy logic is that he can deploy troops within the US lunatica Nov 2018 #24
As if the world needed this to show them how MONUMENTALLY STUPID the Republicans are. pdsimdars Nov 2018 #4
But those here at home who most need to get that message calimary Nov 2018 #17
And he's calling them "illegal immigrants" when they aren't even in the smirkymonkey Nov 2018 #5
Great graphic, please spread it around FSogol Nov 2018 #7
This move needs to be laughed at as absurd. watoos Nov 2018 #8
ha...see, I would have thought he as asking "what are we going to do about Fox News?" anarch Nov 2018 #10
I thought the same thing. kag Nov 2018 #21
Did Flint ever get it's water crisis resolved? HipChick Nov 2018 #9
Send them to Mexico beach greymattermom Nov 2018 #15
Your puny mind cannot grasp the strategy of a man playing 5th dimensional tiddly winks Bucky Nov 2018 #11
Do the troops get combat pay? An Operation Bone Spur Theater Campaign Ribbon? Iterate Nov 2018 #12
Word lunatica Nov 2018 #25
Of course before we laugh at how "monumentally stupid" Republicans are... Bucky Nov 2018 #14
The orange chickenshit has just lost it, looks like a weak baby, scared shitless of women & children lark Nov 2018 #18
He will exploit any fantasy to distract his followers from reality. BSdetect Nov 2018 #19
If MSM were doing their jobs correctly, they would be extensively covering Ferrets are Cool Nov 2018 #20
This visual aid needs to be used on MSM by democratic politicians, pundits NONSTOP until election RestoreAmerica2020 Nov 2018 #22
Trump is a cornered rat now duforsure Nov 2018 #23
What brilliant leadership! Blue Owl Nov 2018 #26
I thought the Immigrant caravan was in Whakhulaaaah njhoneybadger Nov 2018 #28
Trump is an idiot Gothmog Nov 2018 #29
K&R demmiblue Nov 2018 #30
But those of us of a certain age will remember that ashling Nov 2018 #31
"Look! It's the big pointless military parade he promised!" struggle4progress Nov 2018 #32

tanyev

(42,360 posts)
1. And how much is it going to cost for 15,000 troops to camp out,
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 08:05 AM
Nov 2018

waiting and waiting for an ever-shrinking part of that red dot to finally arrive?

NewJeffCT

(56,827 posts)
3. Not just camping out - if the caravan shifts east or west, the troops will have to move
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 08:22 AM
Nov 2018

which will cost time and money

Caliman73

(11,694 posts)
27. Come on tanyev. That was totally different.
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 11:02 AM
Nov 2018

Jade Helm was a legitimate military exercise planned months, if not years in advance... carried out under a Black President. I mean, the nerve of a commander in chief practicing military scenarios with the military! (I hope I don't have to but ... ).


The right wing in this country knows no depth to its hypocrisy. They screamed at Liberals when we criticized the NSA for warrantless wiretapping and data farming under both Bush and Obama. Now the FBI is corrupt because they are investigating the pretty obvious improprieties from the Trump administration. Right wingers love Ken Starr who made a mockery of the independent counsel investigation but they thing Robert Mueller who already has convictions just 2 years in, is a traitor.

Of course going to the border to stop women, children, and other desperate immigrants is legitimate to them. They do not live in the shared reality.

getagrip_already

(14,250 posts)
13. these are asylum seekers, not border runners....
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 09:04 AM
Nov 2018

They will present themselves for surrender at the easiest border crossing they can get to and surrender pending the asylum review process. It would be stupid to cross the border illegally if their goal was asylum; it would be denied.

So the troops aren't needed for those that surrender themselves. Assuming there are some who know they don't qualify anyway, and choose to run across, you still don't need them. ICE already has enough personnel to patrol and detain.

So they can all hang out by the pool once the pictures get taken. Hopefully the military will find a training program they can use to put the troops through as long as they are deployed and idle.

calimary

(80,700 posts)
16. I was just gonna say that. How much more of our tax money is he wasting?
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 09:26 AM
Nov 2018

Isn’t it also true that troops can’t do any law enforcement on US turf (‘cause that’s the role of the local or state police)? They’re just gonna stand around and try to look menacing?

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
24. I think Trumpy logic is that he can deploy troops within the US
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 10:46 AM
Nov 2018

because it’s an INVASION!! of brown people.

This situation is really worrying me.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
5. And he's calling them "illegal immigrants" when they aren't even in the
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 08:28 AM
Nov 2018

fucking country yet! God, I am so sick of this madness!

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
8. This move needs to be laughed at as absurd.
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 08:47 AM
Nov 2018

I was surprised that Mattis backed Trump in sending the troops. I find it a slap in the face to our brave men and women in the military to be used as political pawns.

True story. This past Tuesday I'm, in the waiting room of an eye doctor. I strike up a conversation with a gentleman my age and we find out that I worked with a person that is a friend of his. We had a jolly good conversation back and forth, he looked away for a few seconds, and then turned to me and said, what are we going to do about that? It was a TV with Fox News on talking about the caravan. I said, the caravan, and then laughed out loud. I said that has been going on for decades. We used to let a few asylum seekers in and send the rest back. I imagine with Trump we will just turn them all away. I have no idea why we need the military down there? Just then my name was called so I didn't get his response, but I expect he is already a victim of the body snatchers. Such a nice guy to be falling for such bs.

anarch

(6,535 posts)
10. ha...see, I would have thought he as asking "what are we going to do about Fox News?"
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 08:52 AM
Nov 2018

and would be tempted to say, "ideally, restore the Fairness Doctrine in some form or another so that people clearly understand that partisan propaganda and lies are not news."

greymattermom

(5,751 posts)
15. Send them to Mexico beach
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 09:24 AM
Nov 2018

put up some tents to house them. Leave the tents, then send the troops home.

Bucky

(53,795 posts)
11. Your puny mind cannot grasp the strategy of a man playing 5th dimensional tiddly winks
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 08:55 AM
Nov 2018

and still having enough mindspace left over to launder Russian mob money

Iterate

(3,020 posts)
12. Do the troops get combat pay? An Operation Bone Spur Theater Campaign Ribbon?
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 09:02 AM
Nov 2018

Will a wet bad hair day or cactus-ass qualify for a Purple Heart? What stories can these troops tell at the VFW? Are they trained and equipped to fight barefoot moms? Can they still use the F-35?

So many questions, so little thought.

Bucky

(53,795 posts)
14. Of course before we laugh at how "monumentally stupid" Republicans are...
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 09:19 AM
Nov 2018

... can we please fix the spelling of Guatemala?

lark

(23,003 posts)
18. The orange chickenshit has just lost it, looks like a weak baby, scared shitless of women & children
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 09:34 AM
Nov 2018

Only the worst of his base, the Nazis, the KKK, Proud Boys & White Nationalists approve. Anyone with a brain not broken with nonsensical hate can see this for the stupid expensive ploy this is. Such a disgusting waste of money and time and at worst it could lead to a big loss of lives for innocent people. Sick, sick, sick!

Ferrets are Cool

(21,063 posts)
20. If MSM were doing their jobs correctly, they would be extensively covering
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 09:58 AM
Nov 2018

how much money this is costing and how monumentally stupid it is.

RestoreAmerica2020

(3,433 posts)
22. This visual aid needs to be used on MSM by democratic politicians, pundits NONSTOP until election
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 10:09 AM
Nov 2018

...he [the odious racist traitor self-admitted sexual predator] or his sycophants open their gawd-damn mouths about migrant men women an children. Any MSM aiding his hate propaganda and lies is doing his bidding, his work for him--and should stop and just report the facts, however, they won't because it all about profits, yet I can stop it from entering my space--turn him off..tune him, them out. Carl Reiner said in an interview, simply stated, do the unexpected when it comes to trump--he wants the attention ..do the opposite.

duforsure

(11,882 posts)
23. Trump is a cornered rat now
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 10:20 AM
Nov 2018

And is desperate with his claiming these women and children are a serious threat invading this country when they are 1,000 miles from the border, and pose no threat. He's trying to incite a conflict with Mexico because he's so desperate now knowing the gop will not protect him anymore. Everyone should vote all gop out of office now. Justice is coming for him , and he's using this as another PR event to promote an imagined threat for conflict with Mexico. He want a war somewhere so badly. He's scared he's going to prison too.

njhoneybadger

(3,910 posts)
28. I thought the Immigrant caravan was in Whakhulaaaah
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 11:28 AM
Nov 2018

I don't know if 15,000 troops are enough those Central American women with strollers and small children are quite an opposing foe.
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