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[Altitude sickness]

The GreenBerets have been training Nigerian soldiers against Boko Haram for at least 10 yrs. At least that I have been aware of. Perhaps longer.

If not for the GB’s, Nigeria would be firmly in Boko Haram control.

 

[Betterinthebush]

A very eye opening read on the machinery in operation of a very devious group of people usurping a once great part of our political system. I’m not a Dem. Never was, nor will be, can’t abide by their history, but, I hate to think they’ve been so easily taken over by true Neo-Marxists.

https://canarymission.org/campaign/DSA

 

[Tanks]

In a way I am rooting for Mahdani. NYC has been going downhill since Bloomberg and just maybe having someone like Mahdani as a mayor for a while will cause people to wake up.

 

[BRICKBURN]

 

[DillonG]

In a way I am rooting for Mahdani. NYC has been going downhill since Bloomberg and just maybe having someone like Mahdani as a mayor for a while will cause people to wake up.

Beatings will continue until morale improves.

 

[Brent in Az]

This is just too hilarious

 

[Brent in Az]

I don't understand why Trump and Hegseth are claiming that the relations with China have never been better?
China & Putin have much in common. You can't trust either of them.

 

[Red Leg]

Thank you.

 

[mdwest]

The GreenBerets have been training Nigerian soldiers against Boko Haram for at least 10 yrs. At least that I have been aware of. Perhaps longer.

If not for the GB’s, Nigeria would be firmly in Boko Haram control.

SF started working anti Boko efforts as early as 2014 in Cameroon that I’m aware of… im
Almost certain 19th group did an extended mission supporting Nigeria with anti Biko specific training packages in 2014 as well (a good buddy of mine was the B-Team commander on that mission… I think I have the time period right)…

if I had to guess, 3rd group and another very specialized intel unit that largely doesn’t get talked about were likely working the region pretty hard at least a few years before that….

Your timeframe speculation about Boko being in charge are pretty spot on I believe..

 

[Boyd Brooks]

Yes, thank you for amputating the frost bitten parts.

 

[Brent in Az]

Just remember that trolls never go away

 

[PARA45]

@Frostbite, my wife's BIL is a Homeland Security Officer. Every day they have a briefing on who they are going to target on that day. They are out on the streets looking for bad guys, to make you and the rest of our country safer. They do not have any quotas, they are not targeting just any illegal, they are after the bad hombres, those with a criminal record. Those who get taken that are not part of their list, are those who obstruct or fight the officers to prevent an arrest, and they deserve to be taken for obstructing the peace and their job.

This is no BS. I've spoken to him, and this is what he has said. BTW, he got hit by a car and almost got runover by someone they were looking for, the guy had a long rap sheet and was on the streets free. Not anymore thanks to his tireless and sometime thankless job.

If Homeland Security actually had a quota, trust me, it wouldn't be too hard to fill. Just show up to any job site, and in a couple of hours you'll have the numbers needed.

 

[USN]

Thank you Sir!

 

[Tanks]

If Homeland Security actually had a quota, trust me, it wouldn't be too hard to fill. Just show up to any job site, and in a couple of hours you'll have the numbers needed

And they have done that though, with raids at construction sites, Home Depot parking lots, farms etc. in CA.

I am not against that but it is disingenuous to say they are only going after criminals.

 

[Betterinthebush]

“am not against that but it is disingenuous to say they are only going after criminals.”

@Tanks if a person has entered the USA illegally, it is a misdemeanor. Found to have entered our country illegally a second time and that person can be charged with a felony.

Either way, first or second offender is still a criminal alien.

 

[PARA45]

And they have done that though, with raids at construction sites, Home Depot parking lots, farms etc. in CA.

I am not against that but it is disingenuous to say they are only going after criminals.

It's hard to say and know the stats without seeing the arrested records. Yes, maybe not just real bad criminals are taken, but those with minor offenses like DUIs, stolen identity (SS cards, Driver's license, etc.).

 

[jeanes]

"Just because you commit a crime doesn't mean you are a criminal"- Jasmine Crockett

 

[Red Leg]

It's hard to say and know the stats without seeing the arrested records. Yes, maybe not just real bad criminals are taken, but those with minor offenses like DUIs, stolen identity (SS cards, Driver's license, etc.).

I am pretty sure anyone being run for a traffic stop or the like and discovered with rap sheet is leaving the country. A DUI also seems to be an automatic expulsion. Father of a couple of dreamers we know was pulled over DUI (his second) and was gone in short order. I should add he is a pretty sorry individual and no one is happier than his wife. What I have not seen anywhere around this part of Texas is any effort to simply round up illegals.

 

[Tanks]

“am not against that but it is disingenuous to say they are only going after criminals.”

@Tanks if a person has entered the USA illegally, it is a misdemeanor. Found to have entered our country illegally a second time and that person can be charged with a felony.

Either way, first or second offender is still a criminal alien.

First offense is a civil offense, especially those that let their visas expire. As I said, I am for removal of illegal aliens. That being said, ICE has limited resources and I'd prefer they went after serious felons rather than low hanging fruit like someone that got a DUI a decade ago.

We have to be pragmatic about this.

 

[deewayne2003]

I can’t understand the British liberal mind. They had a great example of what unfettered uneducated Arab immigration in France where one cannot go to certain neighborhoods of Paris, even cops. They have their own little country there with their own laws.

And instead of learning from it they decide to repeat it. Add to that the birth rate among the migrants, in a few generations Britain will have the same demographics of the Middle East.