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Pentagon releases images of Border Patrol tactical team being trained to fire mortars by U.S. Special Forces (www.dvidshub.net)

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[–] doctortofu@piefed.social 45 points 3 days ago (6 children)

What in the everloving fuck?! What's ONE hypothetical scenario where border gestapo needs to know how to operate a goddamned mortar? Just one.

What's next, surface to air missile training? Tactical nuclear weaponry 101? Practice in using long range howitzers? This really is the stupidest and most cruel timeline, holy hell...

[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Well fucking update I guess from my reply about drones less than 24 hrs ago. It looks like the u.s. just committed a war crime with a drone in the fucking Caribbean

they seem really spooked about drone warfare at the border and drone attacks in general. Probably one of those things like "well we're already doing this to everyone else, why wouldn't they do it to us?"

Tuesday's strike appeared to be conducted by a Reaper attack drone, possibly by U.S. forces in Puerto Rico.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 14 points 3 days ago

The agencies of state repression such as law enforcement and military are actively at war with the citizens.

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 10 points 3 days ago

Next is the shiny ~~new~~ refurbished BORDER PATROL AIRCRAFT CARRIER.

[–] j_elgato@leminal.space 7 points 3 days ago

A hypothetical?

Continued acceleration of climate change leads to more arid biomes and a decrease in viable farmland, leading to mass starvation and mass migration.

U.S. policy "addresses" the problem through militarization of the border, use of concentration camps, ethnic cleansing, disappearing political undesirables, and genocide.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 days ago

Realistically im thinking mortar fired tear gas grenades.

[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I mean I think this is a dumb solution, but they seem really spooked about drone warfare at the border and drone attacks in general.

Probably one of those things like "well we're already doing this to everyone else, why wouldn't they do it to us?"