10-17-2011, 05:48 PM
rjmacs wrote:
[quote=billb]
It's probably terribly inconvenient, but you could resource beyond where that article conveniently leaves off:
In May 2010 President Barack Obama began a new chapter in the border mission calling once again on National guard (army and Air) troops. This time only calling those troops in the border states for the mission. As of this time, there has been no mention of what the new border mission will be called.
So, you DO have some source stating that these troops are unarmed? I like you, billb, and i find your comments generally curmudgeonly but often spot-on. But i don't see any evidence that these troops aren't armed.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37340747/ns/...pxknpv1n-M
Of course they down-played the unarmed just a tad. :-)
actually, you could search this forum as it was discussed at the time and the general concensus at the time was troops who were in a support role (sent in for political reasons with not much to do) in safe zones pretty much didn't need to be bristlingly armed with weapons, especially if they were doing mundane tasks like monitoring cameras, shuffling papers behind the scenes.
You don't remember the President being vehemently opposed to arming the border , then under pressure sending troops and calling them unarmed so he could do both and not appear hypocritical ?