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quakerboy

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32. are we preparing to respond?

Reply to yaesu (Original post)

Sun Jan 18, 2026, 04:02 PM

1 hr ago

Seems like a reasonable move to prepare national guard to protect the citizens if the state is invaded.

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Pentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota, Washington Post reports [View all] yaesu 16 hrs ago OP

Things are about to get really real.... Bayard 16 hrs ago #1

Soldiers are based at Fort Wainwright, Fairbanks, Alaska. 2300 MI from Minneapolis. Strategically it makes zero sense, yaesu 15 hrs ago #3

Seems like a bluff SSJVegeta 13 hrs ago #6

Alaska? Is it because he thinks they're used to cold? Alice B. 9 hrs ago #9

Yeah, they are trained to work in frigid conditions Farmer-Rick 7 hrs ago #15

So is 10th Mountain jmowreader 51 min ago #34

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Walz called the National Guard Lulu KC 15 hrs ago #4

Arrest all fucking ICE agents that are breaking the goddamn law: aggravated assault, murder, kidnapping SoFlaBro 15 hrs ago #5

They can't KLK1972 4 hrs ago #26

What would you suggest they do? Hope22 8 hrs ago #10

Nobody's lying down and rolling over Lulu KC 4 hrs ago #28

Stephen Millers fingers are on this. James48 10 hrs ago #7

Maybe Bayard 5 hrs ago #23

Trump has his Gestapo on the ground already in Minnesota, now he's bringing in the SA Bengus81 9 hrs ago #8

What time is it in Moscow at 3am eastern? Talitha 6 hrs ago #19

11:00 am---8hr difference from DC and Mar-a-logo. Works out perfect. Bengus81 3 hrs ago #31

Is this for Minnesota, or for Greenland? Scrivener7 8 hrs ago #11

Hegseth will probably ride in on the lead tank, sword drawn. JohnnyRingo 8 hrs ago #12

Don't fire F-18_AMO 7 hrs ago #14

More like F-18_AMO 7 hrs ago #13

These troops are NOT going to Minnesota AverageOldGuy 6 hrs ago #16

Likely for Greenland ArizonaLib 1 hr ago #33

This concerns me. Sending troops to Minnesota could develop into a situation that would empower Trump to declare Martin68 6 hrs ago #17

He'd have to declare martial law before sending in the Army jmowreader 48 min ago #35

Tho Frey and Walz have been threatened with subpoenas duckworth969 6 hrs ago #18

Minnesota? or Greenland? LiberalArkie 5 hrs ago #20

Greenland. AverageOldGuy 5 hrs ago #21

I've been monitoring the U.S. Air Force for Emergency Action Messages on its mail HF frequency. Usually don't bother in yaesu 14 min ago #36

And when they get there will they be troops, or will they be Trumplings? eom SalamanderSleeps 5 hrs ago #22

Post removed Post removed 5 hrs ago #24

"Hell no, I won't go". Old enough to remember that one. twodogsbarking 4 hrs ago #25

Really, I remember Roy Rolling 4 hrs ago #27

War on protein, war on Christmas, war on Minnesota IronLionZion 4 hrs ago #29

Another fucking waste of taxpayer money. mdbl 3 hrs ago #30

are we preparing to respond? quakerboy 1 hr ago #32

Isn't this against the posse comitatus law to not use military troops against American citizens? kimbutgar 5 min ago #37

I fully expect our military will kill American citizens NotHardly 3 min ago #38