VIEW: 19-18: Troops On The Border

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By Bob McDowell (Born Neil Carson) Number 19-18
TROOPS ON THE BORDER Week of 201/05/06
It has long caused wonder in my mind when our reserved and National Guard
units are called to their annual active duty two week, if memory serves correct,
duty period that they could be sent to serve, learn, and practice in actual
operations rather than 'go through the motions' in some existing fort or base. It
now surfaced that PRESDT-45 has called to duty active military units, as well as
some reserves, to work on the "fence" that serves as a 'wall' on our border with
Mexico. It has been known, first hand, by me since 1947 that, at least two in the
Oklahoma National Guard, there are 'construction battalions' who could carry
out that work and could be activated for extended duty, remaining state-side, to
speed up the work of beefing up our border security.
It is some small satisfaction to me to see this actually happening, but I
strongly hope and pray that the construction battalions doing the work are being
protected by combat units complete with fully armed and loaded weapons.
There have been too many times in the past where such units 'for protection'
had been hamstrung by unloaded weapons and stupid 'rules of conduct',
particularly during the previous administration. In fact, that situation has
prevailed against our troops in actual combat areas, with sometimes very tragic
results. Unfortunately, there is no record of retribution against the higher staff
members responsible for such idiocy. It is thought by some, myself included,
that the source began clear up to the top, perhaps not PRESBO-44 but with
staff who knew his wishes.
Along that line, there have been several reports about a special forces officer
now on charges of murder for killing a known killer of our troops, including some
in his command, who was in the process of rigging bomb traps again to kill more
of our own. As General Patton is quoted of saying (cleaned up) 'You don't win
wars by dieing for your country, you win wars by making that poor dumb ------
die for his country'. The thought could not have been more clearly expressed
or more accurate.
In short, we have been subjected to a number of years, maybe two
decades or more, of continually increased restrictions on our service personnel
in the "Rules Of Engagement". These have lead to unnecessary loss of life and
severe injury to personnel and damage and loss of equipment. Active and
reserve activated have told me that those rules were considered to be 'top
secret' and could not be divulged to civilians. In my mind those responsible
for this have committed acts tantamount to treason, that is 'giving aid and comfort
to an enemy'!! Another such example is the release of Gitmo detainees by the
last administration, including PRESBO-44 himself in the case of five Islamic
extremist leaders 'in trade for' one declared deserter. All five immediately
returned to their terrorist and war activities.
The veterans in my circle of friends and acquaintances tend to offer thanks
each day for the election of the man now with the "big red button" who, despite
no active duty military service, has a deep respect for the military under his
command and acts more toward their well being and ability to carry out the
assigned mission. Any who are surprised at the full military style of his salute
return should be reminded that he is a graduate of New York Military Academy
in an upper position academically, if memory serves correct. So any opponent
claiming he 'doesn't know anything about military' is either lying or totally
ignorant of facts and intending to stay that way, and thus should be ignored
and/or laughed at for that.
In speaking of the military, it is not meant to leave out the Border Patrol,
ICE, or even the local police who are attempting to shut down the illegal alien
'invasion' which seems to be increasing in volume, believed funded by certain
known billionaire sponsors and abetted by the loose to non-response attitudes
of past administrations. On the other side, those 'sanctuary' areas should be
deprived of any and all Federal funding!!!
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Composed April 30, 2019
Robert W. McDowell, Jr. © 2019 841 Lynwood Lane
918-451-1051 Broken Arrow OK 74011-8608
Email: abdmcfpi@localnet.com