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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 02:52 PM Nov 2018

5,600 U.S. troops on border...little electricity, no combat pay and a holiday away from home

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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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5,600 U.S. troops on border...little electricity, no combat pay and a holiday away from home (Original Post) Miles Archer Nov 2018 OP
You would think now that the midterms are over and Fox and Trump meadowlark5 Nov 2018 #1
The stupid fucken asshole in the WH makes the US look like a bunch of damn fools! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2018 #3
But hey, go ahead and keep voting for that crap. onecaliberal Nov 2018 #2
My father was in WWI, and said pretty much the same as yours. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2018 #4
Operation Agitprop shadowmayor Nov 2018 #5
At least it's not raining. Lochloosa Nov 2018 #6
Ouch! underpants Nov 2018 #9
That one made me laugh mokawanis Nov 2018 #15
A fool's folly Solly Mack Nov 2018 #7
"Bring on your tired, your poor, your huddled masses a thousand miles from our borders!" struggle4progress Nov 2018 #8
Boy nothing works like good planning underpants Nov 2018 #10
They're all props in a douchey attempt to get votes in the midterms Oneironaut Nov 2018 #11
But are they ready? Sneederbunk Nov 2018 #12
+1 dewsgirl Nov 2018 #14
No combat pay? JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2018 #13
I am far more sympathetic to those actually getting combat pay. former9thward Nov 2018 #16
Big boats and big airplanes shadowmayor Nov 2018 #21
So much winning! jpak Nov 2018 #17
Because conservatives are paper patriots. Trump and Fox News pander, but dishonor armed forces. ffr Nov 2018 #18
He's a complete idiot shadowmayor Nov 2018 #22
Faux will never cover that story Demovictory9 Nov 2018 #19
A Thanksgiving Caravan Mendocino Nov 2018 #20
how anyone left in the military could support drumpf, when he abuses troops as political props, Takket Nov 2018 #23
what migrant caravan? Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2018 #24

meadowlark5

(2,795 posts)
1. You would think now that the midterms are over and Fox and Trump
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 02:57 PM
Nov 2018

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.

onecaliberal

(32,861 posts)
2. But hey, go ahead and keep voting for that crap.
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 02:58 PM
Nov 2018

My dad fought in WWII, he was a lifelong Dem. he always said republicans didn’t 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.

Oneironaut

(5,500 posts)
11. They're all props in a douchey attempt to get votes in the midterms
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 03:23 PM
Nov 2018

Now that the midterms are over, Drumpf can’t recall them without looking obvious. He wont, because he doesn’t care.

He pulls “The Caravan!!1!” out when it’s politically expedient. Look for him to claim that the troops on the border have cut illegal immigrant down to next to nothing.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,343 posts)
13. No combat pay?
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 03:34 PM
Nov 2018

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

(32,012 posts)
16. I am far more sympathetic to those actually getting combat pay.
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 03:44 PM
Nov 2018

Namely in Iraq and Afghanistan. Neither party has been able to figure out how to get these troops out of these countries.

Takket

(21,572 posts)
23. how anyone left in the military could support drumpf, when he abuses troops as political props,
Sat Nov 10, 2018, 08:48 PM
Nov 2018

is beyond me.

some general has to stand up and say enough of this shit and send these kids home

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