Comments by "XSportSeeker" (@XSpImmaLion) on "Trump’s Border Troops Have Nothing To Do (HBO)" video.

  1. To be fair, a whole bunch of military service is just like that... for now anyways, the future looks way more somber. But obviously, the problem here is that those troops could be helping in all sorts of fronts right now. It is insane the ammount of money, equipment, man hours and effort that is being wasted because of political theater. With huge fires, floods and other parts of the US needing as much hands on as possible, you have a potential source of well trained, well prepared and well organized people there ordered to stay put and pass time as much as possible because of the entire fearmongering strategy of one political party. And here's the thing: those troops will most likely not do much more than what they are doing right now when the caravan arrives, whatever the situation is when they come. This is the worst part of it all. Some ultra nationalists or extreme prejudice laden folks might think troops will just open fire into a crowd of mostly unarmed men, women and children, but they can't, and they won't. As much as some people might not like it, the US is not at war with Mexico or other central american countries. Trump might want for those troops to fire at will, but if they do, this will come with immeasurable costs for the entirety of US. Make no mistake folks. No matter of what spectrum of politics you are in the US, this entire thing is a huge net negative. The costs of sending and keeping troops there already far surpasses just admitting all of those migrants in, paying for initial support and giving some basic living conditions until they get a job. If things escalate because of military presence, leading to some massacre of migrants, then I guarantee some of the most adamant anti-imigration people will wish this entire thing never happened.
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