Hello Sean,

 SD> This is piss-poor planning by the US governement.  This incident never
 SD> should have happened.

Relax, both US soldiers had white handkerchiefs.  Just in case
their poorly-spoken Spanish was not understood.

Mexican soldiers are much better trained, having learned how to
speak English at an early age.  No need for white handkerchiefs for
them ...

 SD> From: https://tinyurl.com/y6793q4q (washingtonexaminer.com)

 SD> US military rules under review after soldiers surrendered pistol to
Mexican
 SD> troops on American soil
 SD> by Anna Giaritelli

 SD> April 22, 2019 09:42 PM

 SD> A senior defense official says the Pentagon is reviewing how U.S. soldiers
 SD> responded during an incident this month in which Mexican troops detained
and
 SD> disarmed Americans on Texas soil.

Waving white handkerchiefs is much safer than waving guns ...

 SD> The standoff between two U.S. soldiers and as many as six Mexican military
 SD> officials on April 13 is believed to be the first of its kind, according
to
 SD> the senior defense official from Northern Command, or NORTHCOM. "This is
the
 SD> first incident that we're aware of that the two militaries came together,"
 SD> the official told the Washington Examiner.

"Remember the Alamo!"

Not a single volunteer waved his white handkerchief at Santa Anna.

And we know what Santa Anna did to them ...

 SD> Two Army soldiers from Washington state were sitting in an unmarked
Customs
 SD> and Border Protection vehicle south of the U.S. barrier but north of the
 SD> international boundary near Clint, Texas, when Mexican troops moved in on
 SD> them.

They wuz ambushed!  Just like those volunteers at the Alamo!

 SD> The Mexican soldiers, each carrying FX-05 Xiuhcoatl rifles, detained,
 SD> disarmed, and questioned the U.S. troops. One soldier's Beretta M9 service
 SD> pistol was taken from him and temporarily confiscated.

Jim Bowie never would have let go of his Bowie knife.
And Davy Crocket never would have let go of his muskett.
I doubt either one of them even had a white hankie.
Or any of the other volunteers for that matter.

But US soldiers today are wimps.  Can't leave home without their
white hankies ...

 SD> The Pentagon is now investigating the incident, which the official said
 SD> "will
 SD> help us modify any instructions that we're giving the troops" about how to
 SD> deal with such a situation.

All branches of the military must now issue white hankies to soldiers.
With clear instructions on how to use them.

 SD> Troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexico boundary go through joint readiness
 SD> staging, or training on how to handle dangerous situations in the area.
The
 SD> official said he could not recall anything similar to last Saturday's
 SD> encounter having taken place during a previous active-duty troop
deployment.

How many white hankies are made in the USA?  Probably outsourced
to Mexico.  Or China.  Or Vietnam.  Or some other far off place.

 SD> No official protocol exists for how to navigate a run-in with a foreign
 SD> military, but the senior official said the soldiers were trained to
 SD> "de-escalate" the situation. By surrendering at least one gun, they
followed
 SD> existing protocol, though it left them unarmed.

The White Flag Principle applies everywhere.  Kind of an international
language, using the same protocol.  Grab white hankie, start waving.

 SD> The NORTHCOM official also defended the U.S. soldiers being in the
location.
 SD> The pair had been assigned by Customs and Border Protection to be at those
 SD> coordinates on the U.S. side of the border. The two soldiers were one of
150
 SD> teams serving on mobile surveillance missions who had been assigned that
 SD> specific location to stake out and monitor surveillance feeds.

 SD> Mexican soldiers spotted the pair and did not recognize their unmarked
 SD> vehicle. The U.S. troops did not recognize the unmarked truck. There was
 SD> mutual confusion about why either party was at that location.

Mexican soldiers clearly noticed the US soldiers dressed in uniform.
US soldiers also clearly noticed the Mexican soldiers in uniform.

 SD> "That area of the border is kind of confusing," a second NORTHCOM official
 SD> told the Examiner. "It may have been difficult for them [Mexican forces]
to
 SD> know if they didn't know the area as well or were new or something. I
don't
 SD> think -- it definitely wasn't trying to overtake the U.S."

A company of 6 Mexican soldiers disarmed a company of 2 US soldiers.
Apparently without resistance.  Imagine that.  US soldiers giving up
without a fight.  To Mexicans.  Santa Anna would be proud.

 SD> Much of the physical barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border does not sit on
 SD> the
 SD> international boundary and is located a few dozen to a few hundred feet
 SD> north
 SD> of it.

If the two US soldiers were so innocent, then why did they choose
to surrender to six Mexican soldiers?

 SD> In areas such as southwestern Arizona and eastern Texas, rivers serve as
the
 SD> official border, but in other regions, it can be more difficult to
determine
 SD> the official line in the sand.

Somebody forgot their GPS?  Or forgot their map at home?  Or did not
know how to use a compass?  Are US soldiers that incompetent?

 SD> The language barrier further complicated the situation. "There was a U.S.
 SD> Army soldier that was one of the two that spoke Spanish. That was about
 SD> when they came to realize they were Mexican military," the official said.

When six Mexican soldiers are pointing weapons in your face,
it does not matter what language US soldiers know how to speak.

--Lee

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