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Troops Probably Spending Thanksgiving at the Border in Trump’s ‘Expensive Waste of Time’

November 10, 2018 by jezebel Leave a Comment

The New York Times is reporting that the 5,600 American troops stationed in the border states of Texas, Arizona, and California will most likely spend Thanksgiving in tent cities with limited electricity and no combat pay in a mission that Pentagon officials privately call “an expensive waste of time and resources.” Weeks after Trump riled up racists with jingoist rally rhetoric warning against “invasive” migrant caravans, the troops stationed at the border are housed in tents that sleep 20 soldiers with no air-conditioning and limited electricity. There is no mess hall, just the brown, prepackaged M.R.E.’s. Military police officers patrol the perimeter at night, armed with handguns. The tents sleep 20 soldiers and have no electricity or air-conditioning. Phone charging is relegated to a few generators that power the spotlights around the living area. Understandably, morale is an issue for soldiers who are bored, broke, and increasingly depressed at the prospect of spending the holiday on a mission that seems pointless: The military’s morale issue is almost as worrisome. The deployment orders last until Dec. 15, meaning the troops will be on the border over Thanksgiving. They will have little to do beyond providing logistical support, unless Mr. Trump declares martial law. The troops will not be enforcing United States immigration law — that would run afoul of the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, unless a special exception is made. The mission, which was called Operation Faithful Patriot until the Pentagon stepped in and canned the title, has also put… [Read full story]


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