THE PRESIDENT DOUBLES DOWN – AT 9:30 P.M. ET:  The president has a way of keeping his promises.  He is toughening his stance about protecting our borders.  The laws of the United States must be obeyed.  From Reuters: 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States could send as many as 15,000 troops to the border with Mexico, as he hardens his stance against a caravan of migrants fleeing violence and poverty in Central America.

The numbers cited by Trump are significantly higher than defense officials have disclosed. The Pentagon said on Monday it was deploying more than 5,200 troops to the border but that the number would rise. On Wednesday, it said more than 7,000 troops would support the Department of Homeland Security along the border.

Several groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, have accused Trump of politicizing the military ahead of next week’s congressional elections with his plans to use active military personnel to buttress border patrol efforts.

“As far as the caravan is concerned, our military is out ... We’ll go up to anywhere between 10 and 15,000 military personnel, on top of Border Patrol, ICE and everybody else at the border,” Trump told reporters at the White House.

COMMENT:  Th opinion of the ACLU is insignificant.  It stopped being a civil-liberties organization years ago, and is now part of the amen corner of the American left.

The purpose of the military is to protect the nation and its borders, and to do so by carrying out the lawful orders of the president.  Sending troops to our souther border to back up the work of the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies is not politicizing the military.

October 31, 2018