That militias are even allowed near the border shows this is for approval ratings, not defense

[ck4829]

Armed bands of civilian militia members are traveling to the southern U.S. border, where President Donald Trump has ordered thousands of active-duty troops to rebuff the approaching migrant caravan.

About “200 unregulated armed militia members (are) currently operating along the southwest border,“ says a planning document for Army commanders leading the 5,200 troops Trump has deployed at the border, according to Newsweek. The groups “operate under the guise of citizen patrols supporting” border officials, the document says, pointing out “reported incidents of unregulated militias stealing National Guard equipment during deployments.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/armed-militia-groups-head-border-124852355.html

I seem to remember that when Osama bin Laden had a bounty on his head, every American who tried to go to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border by themselves to collect that bounty was detained and turned back around.

If the so-called caravan was an actual emergency facing the US, these militias and wannabe soldiers of fortune would not be allowed anywhere near the border.

[pangaia]

1. What about that ""A well regulated Militia..." part ??

[atreides1]

2. 200???

Don't these clowns have jobs? Are they all independently wealthy, on disability, unemployed and living in the attic?

[Blue_true]

3. They are losers. Outcasts from society.

They will kill Brown people, or one day shoot up or bomb their own hometowns.