It appears that the Pentagon is preparing for some radical action along our southern border. For a mission against the drug cartels, 20-ton armored Stryker combat vehicles should be even better than tanks. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is in the process of deploying an “additional 2,500 to 3,000 active-duty troops” to the Mexican boundary line.
Pentagon prepares incursion force
The Pentagon seems to be planning an invasion of Mexico. Pundits say it’s probably more of an “incursion.” It’s clear to everyone, especially the Mexican government and the drug cartels they’ve been shielding, that something big is about to happen. It will probably be an “aggressive movement” into Mexico but there won’t be any “objective of conquering territory or altering the established government.”
Secretary Hegseth must have a drastic purpose in mind behind his orders to dispatch “2,500 to 3,000 active-duty troops,” including “soldiers from a motorized brigade equipped with 20-ton armored Stryker combat vehicles.” Each one holds “up to 11 soldiers” and they’re “equipped with a machine gun or grenade launcher.”
It looks like Secretary Hegseth is going big game hunting in the Mexican Riviera. Not only is northern Mexico a popular destination spot for American tourists, it’s totally controlled by heavily armed war-lords. Ones who’ve been smuggling migrants and drugs into the United States for as long as anyone can remember.
The Pentagon knows that the Mexican government isn’t going to really crack down on them so, apparently, they’re planning to unilaterally put the cartels out of business and secure our border.
Word leaked out of the Capitol on Friday, February 28, that Hegseth approved the deployment orders for soldiers from “the 4th Infantry Division’s 2nd Stryker Brigade at Fort Carson, Colorado.” They’ll have help from “soldiers specializing in engineering, intelligence and public affairs.”
That strongly suggests the Pentagon anticipates military action on the Mexican side of the border. Since Mexico has been complaining loudly that they won’t allow that, they’re bringing along the PR guys for damage control in the press. That news should scare the banditos more than the tanks.
Expand current operations
Along with the combat vehicles and combat troops, the Pentagon is sending a helicopter unit. For several weeks, the CIA has been flying spy planes to circle northern Mexico like vultures. A small unit of our troops are already on the Mexican side of the border, training Mexican marines for pending anti-cartel operations.
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo thinks that our military advisers will stand back and let her corrupt and ill-equipped forces handle the job on their own. That was never likely to happen and the latest U.S. troop movements suggest she’s in for a surprise.
The Pentagon issued a formal statement on Saturday to follow up the leaks. The troops are on the move to “reinforce and expand current border security operations to seal the border and protect the territorial integrity of the United States.” It shows the public affairs people are on duty and alert. The troops, they confirm, “will arrive in coming weeks.” Probably sooner rather than later.
This, the brass declares, underscores the Defense Department’s “unwavering dedication to working alongside the Department of Homeland Security to secure our southern border and maintain the sovereignty, territory integrity, and security of the United States under President Trump’s leadership.”
It’s clear that the Pentagon has a plan for maintaining “territory integrity” which starts with securing the Mexican side of the border. The official statement did not verify the troop numbers or give any sensitive clues to the narco-terrorists they’re about to exterminate.
The Pentagon did mention that this isn’t a spur of the minute decision. “The mission had been in planning since January.“
