Over 3,000 more US troops headed to southern border

[babylonsister]

Over 3,000 more US troops headed to southern border
By Ryan Browne and Barbara Starr, CNN
Updated 1:21 PM ET, Thu January 31, 2019


(CNN)Over 3,000 additional active duty troops will be deployed to the southern US border to bolster security joining the 2,300 troops already there, several defense officials tell CNN.

The additional forces will allow the Department of Defense to fulfill a Department of Homeland Security request for assistance that acting Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan approved earlier this month.
President Donald Trump confirmed that additional troops would be sent via a tweet on Thursday.

"More troops being sent to the Southern Border to stop the attempted Invasion of Illegals, through large Caravans, into our Country. We have stopped the previous Caravans, and we will stop these also," Trump wrote.

The combined active duty force at the border is expected to be slightly smaller than the mission's peak of 5,900 troops.

The Pentagon had previously said that the new troops would be involved in "mobile surveillance and detection, as well as concertina wire emplacement between ports of entry."

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[mr_lebowski]

1. I shudder to think how many 1000's of animal carcasses will soon be rotting in Trump's Concertina

DEATH TRAP ... the initial carcasses will attract scavengers, who will then also become trapped ...

I'd be willing to bet the images of this makeshift wall and all the wildlife death it's caused will create a major stir within the next 6 months to a year ...

This is really a fucking disgusting thing for our Government to be doing. I'd rather have a proper wall frankly ...

Hell, there's probably going to be human bodies found in them soon as well ...

[moondust]

2. Little boy shouts "FIRE!" in theater.

Fire trucks arrive but don't find any fire, return to station and send taxpayers the bill. Little boy gives himself a medal and returns home to his bucket of chicken wings. The end.