With Deployment Of Active-Duty Troops, The Trump Administration Will Effectively Shut Down The Borde

[Right_in_Virginia]

With Deployment Of Active-Duty Troops, The Trump Administration Will Effectively Shut Down The Border
Texas Standard, Oct 30, 2018

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“What we have, less than 24 hours after this announcement, is people are already criticizing this as a waste of taxpayer money, as nothing more than show,” Aguilar says.

But he says the troop deployment is “unprecedented.” He says National Guard troops have been deployed to the Texas border before and the Texas Border Coalition says they often worked behind the scenes. But the addition of active-duty military service members is different.

“We’re talkin’ 150 miles of razor wire, to pop-up make-shift barriers along the border, we’re talkin’ helicopter companies, we’re talkin’ mobile command posts, MASH units and medical tents, I mean this is gonna be somethin’ that we see in other countries,” Aguilar says.

With razor wire going up, the operation will effectively shut down the border. Aguilar says General Terrence O’Shaughnessy has said the military has 22 miles of concertina razor wire ready and an additional 130 miles of wire available if it’s needed.

“This could be just a makeshift barrier wherever they decide they need it. These helicopter companies, they can deploy CPB [Customs and Border Protection] officers within a minute’s notice to wherever they are … it’s definitely gonna be a show,” Aguilar says.


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[Fishrrman]

"Aguilar says General Terrence O’Shaughnessy has said the military has 22 miles of concertina razor wire ready and an additional 130 miles of wire available if it’s needed."

Message to General O’Shaughnessy:
You better get on the phone and order up 17 trainloads more of razor wire.
You're gonna need about 1,300 MILES of it.

[skeeter]

"Aguilar says General Terrence O’Shaughnessy has said the military has 22 miles of concertina razor wire ready and an additional 130 miles of wire available if it’s needed."

Message to General O’Shaughnessy:
You better get on the phone and order up 17 trainloads more of razor wire.
You're gonna need about 1,300 MILES of it.

But for the time being, let that 'caravan' try to decide where to make their play now.

[Right_in_Virginia]

The President said today 15,000 troops could be sent to secure the border.