by Bob Walsh
On Thursday President Trump ordered close to 1,000 active duty troops to the southern border in preparation of "dealing with" the army of "migrants" heading our way.
Unless a LOT of these people start getting more transportation they will NOT get here before the election. I am guessing the initial idea was to arrive about 2-3 days before our midterm in order to get maximum impact. A young, healthy male with good footwear who does not need to worry about getting food or a place to sleep can make 10 miles a day for a LONG time and 20 miles a day for a reasonable period of time. Once you add women, old folks and small children that number goes way down. Once you allow a lot of these people are wearing flip-flops or other substandard footwear that number goes way down.
A second "caravan" is allegedly being put together in central America to head our way.
I still refuse to believe that this thing is not being stage managed, though the management is obviously not so great or a lot of these people, especially women and children, would be at our border right about now. Whoever put it together clearly had a bad follow-thru or unrealistic expectations.
Right now the military being sent by Trump is, I understand, JAG lawyers, medical and technical support personnel and such. Of course I am not sure that actually putting real soldiers on the border would be helpful. Guns are USELESS if the people on the other side know you are not going to use them. It makes you look like a chump if push comes to shove and I can't imagine American soldiers are going to fire on women and children trying to cross the border illegally.
Right now it is hard to say if the immigrant invasion, the bombs, or the midterm election is going to be the big story in ten days. My GUESS is that the bomb situation will be worked out by then. Of course CNN has it figured out already. It's all Trump's fault.
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