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When that orange glow on the

artappraiser — Sun, 11 Nov 2018 08:16:01 +0000

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When that orange glow on the horizon ins't a sunset over a foreign land... It's a Whataburger sign. Mattis said this isn't a "political stunt," but I would like someone to explain what exactly it is. No one in the Pentagon seems willing to even try. https://t.co/hVmqb2FPFL
— Greg Jaffe (@GregJaffe) November 10, 2018

Joint Chiefs chair: Troops at

artappraiser — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 02:32:00 +0000

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Joint Chiefs chair: Troops at border will not 'come in contact with immigrants'

By Brett Samuels @ TheHill.com - 11/05/18 08:28 PM EST

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday that U.S. military personnel will not interact with immigrants approaching the U.S. border after President Trump deployed thousands of troops to prepare for the caravan.

"There is no plan for U.S. military forces to be involved in the actual mission of denying people entry to the United States," Gen. Joseph Dunford said, according to ABC News.

"There is no plan for the soldiers to come in with immigrants or to reinforce the Department of Homeland Security as they are conducting their mission," he continued. "We are providing enabling capability."

Military personnel will instead focusing on assisting Border Patrol staff to fill in gaps in physical barriers along the border, ABC reported.

Troops assisted in laying barbed wire along the border over the weekend [....]

Why were active-duty forces picked over Guard to defend the border? Capabilities, Pentagon says

By: Tara Copp @ Military Times, 7 hours ago

The Pentagon faced questions Monday as to why it selected thousands of active-duty forces to deploy to the border instead of sending additional National Guard.

In responses to reporters, Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Rob Manning said when the Department of Homeland Security made the request for military support, it specifically sought forces to assist with planning; engineering support to construct barriers; aviation support to transport Customs and Border Patrol personnel; medical teams; command and control capabilities and the ability to construct temporary housing for Customs and Border Patrol personnel.

Those are active-duty capabilities; but they are also the purview of the National Guard. Approximately 4,800 troops have been deployed with 5,200 expected to be in place by the end of the day.

Of those 4,800, 2,600 are in Texas and 1,100 each are in Arizona and California. Between 750 to 1,000 of those forces are Marines from Camp Pendleton. Several Pendleton units are being combined to form an engineering Marine Air Ground Task Force that will stay in California, a DoD official said on the condition of anonymity.

Manning initially said the administration specified the use of active-duty forces, but the press office quickly clarified that DHS had only requested the capabilities, and DoD made the decision to use Title 10 forces over the Guard.

“We determined that the units that were selected to fulfill this mission were the right units with the right capabilities that we could rapidly deploy in position in order to assist DHS,” Manning said.

If National Guard forces had been selected, state governors would have had to approve [.....]

Pentagon declined White House

artappraiser — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 02:15:43 +0000

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Pentagon declined White House request for troops to build border detention facilities: report

@ TheHill.com - 11/05/18 01:13 PM EST

Update on military border

artappraiser — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 00:14:27 +0000

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Update on military border deployments: As of Saturday morning, there are about 3,500 U.S. troops deployed as a part of Faithful Patriot, said @Norad_Northcom spokesman Maj. Mark Lazane. Some 2,250 are in Texas, w/ 1,100 in California and 170 in Arizona.https://t.co/BJHcqN4rpn
— Dan Lamothe (@DanLamothe) November 3, 2018

oh, and on that b.s. Trump

artappraiser — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 23:37:59 +0000

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oh, and on that b.s. Trump hyperbole the other day about throwing rocks, I've seen a lot of comments on twitter from military basically saying that he basically lost respect and even command of the troops by saying that. Like this one:

and that’s right. And now lieutenants are forced to tell their troops, pay no attention to the commander in chief https://t.co/1ksOGt8abf
— Gen Michael Hayden (@GenMhayden) November 1, 2018

So in order to scare a few immigrants, the idiot leader now has military forces that will question his orders in all situations, whether serious or not, unless they are thoroughly vetted by Mattis, I guess. Says to me: while the demagogue skills are there, the authoritarian leadership skills are not.

The weekend before the

artappraiser — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 23:20:14 +0000

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The weekend before the election. https://t.co/SanhXVndo5
— Julie Davis (@juliehdavis) November 3, 2018

1) An important point is

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 18:05:52 +0000

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1) An important point is getting lost in all the discussion of Trump’s decision to send troops to the border to “protect us” from the migrant caravan.

And we need to recapture it.

A thread follows.
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) November 3, 2018

Twitter thread on topic by

artappraiser — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 17:59:52 +0000

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Twitter thread on topic by Greg Sargent of WaPo with several good news links and excerpts

1) An important point is getting lost in all the discussion of Trump’s decision to send troops to the border to “protect us” from the migrant caravan. And we need to recapture it. A thread follows.

2) This decision needs to be understood as official misconduct of the very highest order. It isn't merely Trump using the military to “play politics,” which frames the issue too euphemistically....

Huge drop in central American

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 15:09:58 +0000

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Huge drop in central American immigration over 20-30 years.

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5bd9cf85e4b0da7bfc162ce4

Clever little nudge included

artappraiser — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 10:19:56 +0000

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Clever little nudge included for any in the intended audience who might be sympathetic to far right arguments on border maintenance: Reported incidents of unregulated militias stealing National Guard equipment during deployments.