Current Events > Trump to send 15,000 troops to stop the "caravan" marching towards USA

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TheKentster
11/01/18 8:59:07 AM
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-stokes-pre-election-fear-immigrants-drive-voters-043317839--politics.html

Just last week officials were indicating that about 800 to 1,000 might be sent. On Monday, officials announced that about 5,200 were being deployed. The next day, the Air Force general running the operation said more than the initially announced total were going, and he pointedly rejected a news report that it could reach 14,000, saying that was "not consistent with what's actually being planned."

Gen. Terrence O'Shaughnessy, the commander of U.S. Northern Command, told reporters the number would exceed the initial contingent of 5,200, but he offered no estimate of the eventual total.

Just 24 hours later, Trump thrust new uncertainty into the picture, catching the Pentagon by surprise.

With his eyes squarely on next Tuesday's contests, Trump has rushed a series of immigration declarations, promises and actions as he tries to mobilize supporters to retain Republican control of Congress. His own Republican campaign in 2016 concentrated on border fears, and that's his focus in the final week of the midterm fight.

"As far as the caravan is concerned, our military is out," Trump said. "We have about 5,800. We'll go up to anywhere between 10,000 and 15,000 military personnel on top of Border Patrol, ICE and everybody else at the border."

Later Wednesday, Trump told ABC News, "We have to have a wall of people."
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jcmason
11/01/18 9:00:24 AM
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Shameful.
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TheKentster
11/01/18 9:00:47 AM
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jcmason posted...
Shameful.


In what way?
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asagi_mode_gone
11/01/18 9:02:09 AM
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They're weeks away from arriving. This isn't just posturing for support before midterms, it's a massive waste of money and misallocation of troops
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Doom_Art
11/01/18 9:02:29 AM
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Pretty disgusting that he's wasting the military's time like this just for a political stunt
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happibivouac
11/01/18 9:03:03 AM
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asagi_mode_gone posted...
They're weeks away from arriving. This isn't just posturing for support before midterms, it's a massive waste of money and misallocation of troops

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Alpha218
11/01/18 9:03:27 AM
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Remember a time when sending 15,000 troops to the borders was a sign of the apocalypse?

15,000 though... thats 3x more the largest reported size of the caravan.
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TheKentster
11/01/18 9:04:21 AM
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Doom_Art posted...
Pretty disgusting that he's wasting the military's time like this just for a political stunt


How is it a stunt? They need to be stopped.
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Anarchy_Juiblex
11/01/18 9:04:37 AM
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Alpha218
11/01/18 9:05:17 AM
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Doom_Art posted...
Pretty disgusting that he's wasting the military's time like this just for a political stunt

This is the same presidency that sent Pence to a football game that he walked out of when the players kneeled. That was the plan from the beginning. That pointless fucking grandstanding cost us at least $325,000
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Doom_Art
11/01/18 9:06:03 AM
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TheKentster posted...
They need to be stopped.

They're like 1000 miles away right now

And they're a bunch of big scary families oOoOoOoOoOo

And this happens like once a year and the caravan always melts away mostly before reaching the border.

But please, continue being irrationally scared of this big scary group of brown people OoOoOoOoOoO
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tremain07
11/01/18 9:06:46 AM
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Republicans are fucking hypocrites when it comes to money, they steal, they waste then turn around and tell you to watch your spending, fuck them.
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Esrac
11/01/18 9:43:24 AM
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Hopefully they actually keep them out.
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Ving_Rhames
11/01/18 9:44:56 AM
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well this will end well
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pegusus123456
11/01/18 9:46:12 AM
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Anyone else worried that this is actually going to end up in a massacre?
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Tmaster148
11/01/18 9:47:31 AM
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What a waste of money.
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Geiki Ganger
11/01/18 9:50:22 AM
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pegusus123456 posted...
Anyone else worried that this is actually going to end up in a massacre?


More blood on Obama's hands.
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Were_Wyrm
11/01/18 9:51:06 AM
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the troops are expected to aid border officials in tasks such as erecting tents, providing medical support, transporting border officials via helicopter and staffing command and control centers

You things that should be done last minute, not before the people that will need the services arrive...
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creativerealms
11/01/18 9:52:01 AM
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Geiki Ganger posted...
pegusus123456 posted...
Anyone else worried that this is actually going to end up in a massacre?


More blood on Obama's hands.

I knew Trump was actually Obama in white face.
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Youngster_Joey_
11/01/18 9:53:16 AM
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I love it when the non US Citizens of CE try to tell the US citizens how their border should be run.
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TheKentster
11/01/18 9:53:41 AM
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Were_Wyrm posted...
the troops are expected to aid border officials in tasks such as erecting tents, providing medical support, transporting border officials via helicopter and staffing command and control centers

You things that should be done last minute, not before the people that will need the services arrive...


I think they mean services for the border agents. We should not be giving any aid to these people.
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Tyranthraxus
11/01/18 9:55:10 AM
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Can you imagine what North Korea would say if we put 15,000 troops at the South Korean border to "help stop people escaping from North Korea"
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Thatuser
11/01/18 9:55:41 AM
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Were_Wyrm posted...
the troops are expected to aid border officials in tasks such as erecting tents, providing medical support, transporting border officials via helicopter and staffing command and control centers

You things that should be done last minute, not before the people that will need the services arrive...

Nah, they're going to gun those people down in cold blood. Logistics to handle hundreds of potential asylum seekers? Pff. Fake news.
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PostCrisisJ2
11/01/18 10:10:15 AM
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"We have to have a wall of people."


see guys told you he would have that wall!!!!1!!1
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Unimpressed
11/01/18 10:11:44 AM
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BarneyBosco posted...
I think we should set up a trap like Hungary did. Invite them into a strategic place then beat the ever loving crap out of these criminals.

The fuck is wrong with you people?
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Coastal_elite
11/01/18 10:12:30 AM
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How many did he send to help Puerto Rico? Aren't they citizens?

I rest my case
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lww99
11/01/18 10:14:55 AM
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BarneyBosco posted...
I think we should set up a trap like Hungary did. Invite them into a strategic place then beat the ever loving crap out of these criminals.


You realize that there are women and children in this caravan, correct?

You are scum.
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Unimpressed
11/01/18 10:15:39 AM
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Coastal_elite posted...
How many did he send to help Puerto Rico? Aren't they citizens?

I rest my case

@TheKentster thoughts, madfoot?
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VectorChaos
11/01/18 10:16:42 AM
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PostCrisisJ2 posted...
"We have to have a wall of people."


see guys told you he would have that wall!!!!1!!1


I knew that wasn't a translation error all those years ago

The manual for Crystalis predicted this

The caravan must locate the Sword of Thunder and the Ball of Thunder to advance
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polopili
11/01/18 10:18:19 AM
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BarneyBosco posted...
I think we should set up a trap like Hungary did. Invite them into a strategic place then beat the ever loving crap out of these criminals.


Posts like these are why CE disgusts me more and more.
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Unimpressed
11/01/18 10:19:28 AM
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polopili posted...
BarneyBosco posted...
I think we should set up a trap like Hungary did. Invite them into a strategic place then beat the ever loving crap out of these criminals.


Posts like these are why CE disgusts me more and more.

The one thing Hillary got right was labeling them deplorables.
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Drowning__Fish_
11/01/18 10:19:30 AM
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wowza

so many examples of lack of a moral compass in this topic
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lww99
11/01/18 10:19:51 AM
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polopili posted...
BarneyBosco posted...
I think we should set up a trap like Hungary did. Invite them into a strategic place then beat the ever loving crap out of these criminals.


Posts like these are why CE disgusts me more and more.


Seriously. How is shit like that even allowed?
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King_Hellebuyck
11/01/18 10:25:26 AM
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The asshole president is trying to make idiots scared right before midterms and hes using the troops as political pawns.
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Unimpressed
11/01/18 10:27:28 AM
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King_Hellebuyck posted...
The asshole president is trying to make idiots scared right before midterms and hes using the troops as political pawns.

It might be working too. Braindead morons actually think this caravan is a threat.
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King_Hellebuyck
11/01/18 10:30:19 AM
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Unimpressed posted...
King_Hellebuyck posted...
The asshole president is trying to make idiots scared right before midterms and hes using the troops as political pawns.

It might be working too. Braindead morons actually think this caravan is a threat.

Yeah, right? Ive got a former coworker Im Facebook friends with who is definitely being radicalized by Trumps rhetoric. Hes slowly been getting worse and worse and now hes in full blown SEND IN THE TROOPS TO STOP THE INVADING CARAVAN. Its been creepy as hell to watch.
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lww99
11/01/18 10:30:22 AM
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Darkman124
11/01/18 10:34:52 AM
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asagi_mode_gone posted...
They're weeks away from arriving. This isn't just posturing for support before midterms, it's a massive waste of money and misallocation of troops


months to years i would estimate
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Houston
11/01/18 11:05:08 AM
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They need to be stopped at any cost. We will have a country with laws under Trump.

I dont see how Dems can win anything with their absolute lackadaisical attitude towards a secure border
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LittleScootaIoo
11/01/18 11:06:35 AM
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Doom_Art posted...
Pretty disgusting that he's wasting the military's time like this just for a political stunt


They can all stay at your house then.
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Tmaster148
11/01/18 11:08:58 AM
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LittleScootaIoo posted...
Doom_Art posted...
Pretty disgusting that he's wasting the military's time like this just for a political stunt


They can all stay at your house then.


Man the right really doesn't give a fuck about the constitution now.
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Heineken14
11/01/18 11:10:08 AM
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asagi_mode_gone posted...
They're weeks away from arriving. This isn't just posturing for support before midterms, it's a massive waste of money and misallocation of troops


Congrats, you just explained this entire shit house administration to a T.
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Darkman124
11/01/18 11:10:23 AM
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Tmaster148 posted...
LittleScootaIoo posted...
Doom_Art posted...
Pretty disgusting that he's wasting the military's time like this just for a political stunt


They can all stay at your house then.


Man the right really doesn't give a fuck about the constitution now.


they just want to win
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The Great Muta 22
11/01/18 11:11:16 AM
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Houston posted...
They need to be stopped at any cost. We will have a country with laws under Trump.


With that attitude it seems like you'd be fine with just gunning them down on sight
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P4wn4g3
11/01/18 11:13:32 AM
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Trump: "Attention World! Our entire army is located in El Paso right now!!"
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Serious Cat
11/01/18 11:14:08 AM
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LittleScootaIoo posted...
Doom_Art posted...
Pretty disgusting that he's wasting the military's time like this just for a political stunt


They can all stay at your house then.

The big "breaking through the southern border defying police" story turned out to only amount to 50 people. There's no way that 15,000 troops are necessary for anything except to instill a sense of fear of the evil caravan that took 15,000 troops to quell.
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Bio1590
11/01/18 11:15:23 AM
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Very_Unreliable
11/01/18 11:15:31 AM
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asagi_mode_gone posted...
They're weeks away from arriving. This isn't just posturing for support before midterms, it's a massive waste of money and misallocation of troops

Hey as a veteran I think you shouldn't speak on things like that, since you're a NEET who doesn't really know how any military logistics works or what powers are vested in the executive branch of the government. So keep your mouth closed. Works? Awesome.
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P4wn4g3
11/01/18 11:16:14 AM
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Serious Cat posted...
LittleScootaIoo posted...
Doom_Art posted...
Pretty disgusting that he's wasting the military's time like this just for a political stunt


They can all stay at your house then.

The big "breaking through the southern border defying police" story turned out to only amount to 50 people. There's no way that 15,000 troops are necessary for anything except to instill a sense of fear of the evil caravan that took 15,000 troops to quell.

Those estranged kids won't rape and abuse themselves.
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