They picked the wrong POTUS to try to intimidate America.
I wonder if Trump will call their president before the military goes in and goes to work on them. I’ll be Very surprised and terribly disappointed if there isn’t an order of magnitude greater response. Ending with people not shot At, but brutally deleted.
I’m no expert on use of force, but I think your “order of magnitude” has merit. Cartel goons have shown no restraint in shooting up whatever they care to because their targets either could not or would not shoot back. BUT, if they shoot across our border (mostly because they’re stoopid), they should now expect a visit from a combat team, or an A-10, or a B-2. This is a perfect example of “just because we can, we sure as hell should.”
The US border guard should invest in a new set of ammo having the letters FAFO engraved in the bullets.
The Marines have been moved into place along the border. The 10th Mountain and 82nd Airborne are also in line to be deployed.
Starting a gunfight with the Border Patrol when the US Military is being moved into position to provide overwatch seems….unwise.
Men got soft when they stopped riding horses.
I’m looking forward to a couple of AC-130s to be stationed near the border.
Light up their lives, however brief, and leave an impression on any potential future miscreants.
–mech
I ran into a talk about the issuance of letters of marque and reprisal against the cartels. That would keep the US Military out of direct action and also lend to the limiting of the duration of the hostilities.
Thanks for the reminder.
See Update
do we have some privateers who might want to help out with the borders? what would that look like? pastafarians or condottiere making sorties onto foreign soil?
“Hey, Buford! I got me this paper from the gummint what says we kin go to that there border and bounty hunt them drug runners. Throw yer gear an’ guns in the back o mah truck. We kin stop fer beer an’ ammo on the way.”
Oh. be still, my beating heart! Maybe I can’t run with the big dogs anymore and chase the invaders, but I can still shoot at them if you chase them through my yard.
Too bad there aren’t a wing or two of privately owned B-52s; a square mile or two of Arc Light in the right places would work wonders (no idea if the cargo version of a 747 could be adapted, but it’s probably worth a look….).
Cargoes have been used to ‘deploy’ the MOAB, because it won’t fit into a regular bomber.
Not sure if the C-17 has been used for that, but I imagine it could be.
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They picked the wrong POTUS to try to intimidate America.
I wonder if Trump will call their president before the military goes in and goes to work on them. I’ll be Very surprised and terribly disappointed if there isn’t an order of magnitude greater response. Ending with people not shot At, but brutally deleted.
I’m no expert on use of force, but I think your “order of magnitude” has merit. Cartel goons have shown no restraint in shooting up whatever they care to because their targets either could not or would not shoot back. BUT, if they shoot across our border (mostly because they’re stoopid), they should now expect a visit from a combat team, or an A-10, or a B-2. This is a perfect example of “just because we can, we sure as hell should.”
The US border guard should invest in a new set of ammo having the letters FAFO engraved in the bullets.
The Marines have been moved into place along the border. The 10th Mountain and 82nd Airborne are also in line to be deployed.
Starting a gunfight with the Border Patrol when the US Military is being moved into position to provide overwatch seems….unwise.
Men got soft when they stopped riding horses.
I’m looking forward to a couple of AC-130s to be stationed near the border.
Light up their lives, however brief, and leave an impression on any potential future miscreants.
–mech
I ran into a talk about the issuance of letters of marque and reprisal against the cartels. That would keep the US Military out of direct action and also lend to the limiting of the duration of the hostilities.
Thanks for the reminder.
See Update
do we have some privateers who might want to help out with the borders? what would that look like? pastafarians or condottiere making sorties onto foreign soil?
“Hey, Buford! I got me this paper from the gummint what says we kin go to that there border and bounty hunt them drug runners. Throw yer gear an’ guns in the back o mah truck. We kin stop fer beer an’ ammo on the way.”
Oh. be still, my beating heart! Maybe I can’t run with the big dogs anymore and chase the invaders, but I can still shoot at them if you chase them through my yard.
Too bad there aren’t a wing or two of privately owned B-52s; a square mile or two of Arc Light in the right places would work wonders (no idea if the cargo version of a 747 could be adapted, but it’s probably worth a look….).
Cargoes have been used to ‘deploy’ the MOAB, because it won’t fit into a regular bomber.
Not sure if the C-17 has been used for that, but I imagine it could be.