Hello aaron,

23 Apr 19 22:36 at you wrote to me:

 at> What do you mean poor planning? They probably survived the ordeal
 at> thanks to their training on deescalating the situation.

The soldiers broke several rules, one of them is the US soldiers handing over 
their weapons to the Mexican soldiers.  That's a no-no.

What I meant by piss-poor planning was not ensuring that soldiers that spoke 
Spanish were embedded with the regular patrols. That was the major problem in 
that incident: lack of communication between the Mexican and US soldiers.

That sits squarely on the leaders' shoulders.

I was in the Army.  Some things just don't change over the years (or 
shouldn't, anyway).  There was a lack of basic planning involved in this and I 
know it was the Pentagon was getting their asses raked over the coals to hurry 
up and do something.

 at> Some sort of border wall would probably be a good solution to problems
 at> like these, but democrats are entitled to their opinion that it's
 at> better to just risk the lives of a few troops, at least that's what
 at> Chuck & Nancy said.

We have border walls for vehicles but not for people.  I was watching a news 
story tonight about how there's more incidences of armed smugglers bringing 
people across now so the chance for violence has shot through the roof.

The shit is going to hit the fan and everyone in Washington will be blaming 
everyone else.

Having lived near the border before, I know it's bad, but you know, I don't 
matter to Washington.

Later,
Sean

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