Valesio@sh.itjust.works to Minnesota@midwest.socialEnglish · edit-29 days ago🚨 The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota 🚨www.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down11
arrow-up153arrow-down1external-link🚨 The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota 🚨www.reuters.comValesio@sh.itjust.works to Minnesota@midwest.socialEnglish · edit-29 days agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 days agoAround 2% of the US military aren’t US citizens, which isn’t a lot, but enough that virtually everyone in the military knows at least one. And that’s not even getting into how it’s one of the few true “mixing pots” left from original America. Military will be better than ICE, especially because they’re actually trained.
minus-squarepeoplebeproblems@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoWhich is why I keep reminding people that we cannot expect to fight on their terms. The US cannot effectively fight guerrilla fighters. It has proven that in Vietnam and Afghanistan.
Around 2% of the US military aren’t US citizens, which isn’t a lot, but enough that virtually everyone in the military knows at least one.
And that’s not even getting into how it’s one of the few true “mixing pots” left from original America.
Military will be better than ICE, especially because they’re actually trained.
Which is why I keep reminding people that we cannot expect to fight on their terms.
The US cannot effectively fight guerrilla fighters. It has proven that in Vietnam and Afghanistan.