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kpete

(71,985 posts) Wed Nov 14, 2018, 03:03 PM Nov 2018

Sometimes a tweet just needs to lay out the facts. No commentary necessary.

The Sec of Defense, the Sec of DHS and the commissioner of CBP are all walking around in a barren field in south Texas touring a military deployment for a migrant caravan that is arriving 1,500 miles away in Tijuana

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Sometimes a tweet just needs to lay out the facts. No commentary necessary. (Original Post) kpete Nov 2018 OP

"Long-term plan? We don't do long-term planning, son!" True Dough Nov 2018 #1

In 91, I was told Germans found it v hard to work with US business--US did NOT plan longterm bobbieinok Nov 2018 #7

Translation: We have no clue Owens Nov 2018 #19

Remember Iraq DallasNE Nov 2018 #21

I too have wondered about all that concertina wire. What a pain to deal with. dameatball Nov 2018 #2

The threat to wildlife alone is horrific. nolabear Nov 2018 #9

+1000000000! 2naSalit Nov 2018 #20

Are the guys in the pic on the roof... wcmagumba Nov 2018 #3

And he is calling it a training event: demmiblue Nov 2018 #4

Gade Helm revisited? SunSeeker Nov 2018 #11

Kicking. eom littlemissmartypants Nov 2018 #5

Long term? Bring in some voice and dance coaches, cuz they are just there to put on a show? Thomas Hurt Nov 2018 #6

First wave arrived in Tijuana appleannie1943 Nov 2018 #8

Sorry to be crude, but Trump was busy masturbating while watching Fox "news." Cyrano Nov 2018 #10

"We'll let you know." dchill Nov 2018 #12

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2018 #13

K&R Solly Mack Nov 2018 #14

Mission Accomplished! central scrutinizer Nov 2018 #15

In a word? world wide wally Nov 2018 #16

To be determined???? NoMoreRepugs Nov 2018 #17

It was always about Ted Cruz! Firebrand Gary Nov 2018 #18

True Dough

(17,302 posts)

1. "Long-term plan? We don't do long-term planning, son!"

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Nov 14, 2018, 03:11 PM

Nov 2018

"We're fucking reactionary here in the military. Get your shit together!"

--Gen. Mattis, probably

bobbieinok

(12,858 posts)

7. In 91, I was told Germans found it v hard to work with US business--US did NOT plan longterm

Reply to True Dough (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 14, 2018, 03:54 PM

Nov 2018

They stated it was very difficult for companies from the 2 countries to do joint ventures because they looked at the planned profit on such different time scales.

Owens

(194 posts)

19. Translation: We have no clue

Reply to True Dough (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 14, 2018, 05:15 PM

Nov 2018

We have no idea what that orange monkey in the White House wants to do

DallasNE

(7,402 posts)

21. Remember Iraq

Reply to True Dough (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 14, 2018, 05:25 PM

Nov 2018

No plan after Saddam falls. They quickly did a 30 page plan that was a series of "clear, hold, build" statements. That was so generic it could be reused here.