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With little electricity, no combat pay and a holiday away from home, the 5,600 U.S. troops on the southwest border wait for the migrant caravan
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meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)aren't fear mongering with it anymore, they'd bring them (quietly) home. Who would know if they were still down there or not? Maybe they need to stay down there now to keep the militia that's going under control. Nice situation that stupid asshole Trump created.
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)onecaliberal
(32,861 posts)My dad fought in WWII, he was a lifelong Dem. he always said republicans didnt care about the human cannon fodder they would send overseas for their own purpose. Always had little or nothing to do with protecting the country.
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)shadowmayor
(1,325 posts)Deplorable use of our nation's military.
Lochloosa
(16,064 posts)underpants
(182,803 posts)mokawanis
(4,440 posts)loud enough that my wife shouted upstairs and asked me what was so funny.
Solly Mack
(90,767 posts)struggle4progress
(118,282 posts)underpants
(182,803 posts)Oneironaut
(5,495 posts)Now that the midterms are over, Drumpf cant recall them without looking obvious. He wont, because he doesnt care.
He pulls The Caravan!!1! out when its politically expedient. Look for him to claim that the troops on the border have cut illegal immigrant down to next to nothing.
Sneederbunk
(14,290 posts)I hear they are short of artillery.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,340 posts)This has to change, if they are to be expected to stave off the invading hordes of tired, poor, huddled masses, yearning to breathe free. Combat pay will help them stop the wretched refuse from those teeming shores.
And, yes, more artillery please.
former9thward
(32,006 posts)Namely in Iraq and Afghanistan. Neither party has been able to figure out how to get these troops out of these countries.
shadowmayor
(1,325 posts)Same way we put them there. Ta da!
jpak
(41,758 posts)Take that Caravan!
ffr
(22,670 posts)shadowmayor
(1,325 posts)As in no parts are missing from his total idiot kit!
Demovictory9
(32,456 posts)Mendocino
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|Takket
(21,568 posts)is beyond me.
some general has to stand up and say enough of this shit and send these kids home
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,346 posts)Coward-In-Chief forgot about the troops. They were just campaign props.