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yaesu

(8,020 posts) Thu Jan 14, 2021, 07:57 PM Jan 2021

Let this sink in, there are now more US troops in DC than Iraq & Afghanistan combined, 21K. nt

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Let this sink in, there are now more US troops in DC than Iraq & Afghanistan combined, 21K. nt (Original Post) yaesu Jan 2021 OP

Armed white wing militias represent more of a threat to us than those countries. Hoyt Jan 2021 #1

Doesn't really seem adequate, especially since its a rag-tag force of units from several states Klaralven Jan 2021 #2

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

1. Armed white wing militias represent more of a threat to us than those countries.

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Thu Jan 14, 2021, 08:31 PM

Jan 2021

Klaralven

(7,510 posts)

2. Doesn't really seem adequate, especially since its a rag-tag force of units from several states

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Thu Jan 14, 2021, 08:40 PM

Jan 2021

I'd worry about whether there is an effective command structure and proper integration of the hastily assembled forces.

A grandnephew was in a National Guard deployment to Afghanistan and that started with several weeks of training in the US and later the Middle East prior to going to Afghanistan.

21 K is only a division and a half.

During the First Battle of Bull Run, both the Union and Confederate forces numbered about 36,000, although only about 18,000 each were involved in the fighting.

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