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jpak

(41,742 posts)
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 09:23 PM Nov 2018

Border Protection is preparing for the caravan -- with weapons and gear designed for combat

Source: Washington Post

From head to toe, he is ready for war.

The M4 semiautomatic rifle in his hands is tipped with a suppressor favored by Special Operations to muffle gunshots during clandestine missions.

Just above that is a PEQ-15 sight, which projects an infrared beam visible with night-vision goggles so the shooter can fire at night or point out targets for comrades and helicopters above. A tactical flashlight and holographic sight round out the rifle. Magazines are at his hip for quick reloading during a firefight.

A mask obscures his face, and he wears a noise-canceling tactical headset that would look natural for scouting an Afghan valley for Taliban insurgents.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2018/11/05/border-protection-is-preparing-caravan-with-weapons-gear-designed-combat/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8586615d3519



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Border Protection is preparing for the caravan -- with weapons and gear designed for combat (Original Post) jpak Nov 2018 OP
This is obscene. SMC22307 Nov 2018 #1
I guess he got his parade They_Live Nov 2018 #2
I hope the troops are prepared for carnage! dubyadiprecession Nov 2018 #3
Another colossal waste of taxpayer money... BigmanPigman Nov 2018 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author Demonaut Nov 2018 #8
More blurring the line between law enforcement and the military xor Nov 2018 #5
If I was head of CBP, I'd send my guys down there equipped exactly like this jmowreader Nov 2018 #6
I see your point, but... Shipwack Nov 2018 #7
In case you thought this couldn't get worse, Haggis for Breakfast Nov 2018 #9
The bastard has gotten his way. Surely mothers will start doubting whether continuing onward to r/o BlueInRedHell Nov 2018 #10
That is Sessions' objective. Deterrence by Cruelty. Marcuse Nov 2018 #11
I think what will happen, which will be so unfortunate, is that one of INdemo Nov 2018 #12

SMC22307

(8,088 posts)
1. This is obscene.
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 09:30 PM
Nov 2018

And I truly hope some middle-of-the-road voters feel the same way and vote for Democrats tomorrow!

dubyadiprecession

(5,620 posts)
3. I hope the troops are prepared for carnage!
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 09:34 PM
Nov 2018

Those unarmed women and children are formidable foes and will surely tear through all that armour!

Response to BigmanPigman (Reply #4)

xor

(1,204 posts)
5. More blurring the line between law enforcement and the military
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 10:00 PM
Nov 2018

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is law enforcement, right? This stuff keeps getting worse and worse as time goes by.

One thing that I read that I hope remains true is that very few actual soldiers will be armed during this deployment. Although, given the rhetoric coming from Trump, I can see him pushing for that to change if there are any incidents he can point to. They've already been pushing toward that with fake stories of migrants attacking mexican police.


Someone posted a video on here a few days ago of these guys landing a helicopter at a border crossing as if they were deploying in a warzone. Here's a link to that thread if you haven't seen it. https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1017&pid=518715

jmowreader

(50,453 posts)
6. If I was head of CBP, I'd send my guys down there equipped exactly like this
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 10:19 PM
Nov 2018

And it's not for the refugees. I doubt there are more than a handful of guns in the whole batch. Plus, they're probably not much into violence; the real criminal elements down there who are trying to get into the US have the money for cars and boats.

Who I'm really worried about is the militias on the US side of the border. These slimy fucks are going down there to Defend Our Border, Kill Some Brown People and MAGA, and they're armed to the teeth. There very well may come a point where we're going to have to defend the refugees from the militias, and I can't think of a better way to do it than to park a couple of MRAPs between them and train .50-caliber machine guns and Mk.19 grenade launchers on the militia pukes.

Shipwack

(2,138 posts)
7. I see your point, but...
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 10:45 PM
Nov 2018

I have a feeling that many in the Border Patrol see the militias as kindred spirits, not as adversaries... It wouldn't surprise me if they colluded, if only unofficially.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
9. In case you thought this couldn't get worse,
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 11:17 PM
Nov 2018

Now there are gun-humping, trigger-happy, militia morons heading down there, too.

What could possibly go wrong ?

BlueInRedHell

(100 posts)
10. The bastard has gotten his way. Surely mothers will start doubting whether continuing onward to r/o
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 12:28 AM
Nov 2018

to the US even makes sense.
I'm here and terrified for all the people in the 'caravan'. Imagine how scared they will be.

INdemo

(6,994 posts)
12. I think what will happen, which will be so unfortunate, is that one of
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 12:00 PM
Nov 2018

these soldiers will set off a national crisis and shoot one of the these migrants.
Really I do believe that .Why are they dressed in battle ready, battle field gear

There is no reason for all of this. Trumps base is loving every minute of this though.
Shit like this only happens in a Third World Country with a Totalitarian Government.
Its awful

I thought the Joint Chiefs rejected any moves like this

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