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Bring it. These morons in mismatched and non-fitting tactical gear totally have a chance against some dude flying a drone from under a mountain in Colorado. Herman Cain or Darwin award, I don't care which.
ETA: I goofed and somehow missed the term "national guard". Don't comment when in meetings.
The national guard are actual military members not the gravy seals.
But the gravy seals are on the way too.
https://www.wired.com/story/extremists-far-right-armed-convoy-texas-border/
There were groups of armed militia on the border a few years ago. I hope it goes better this time but I doubt it. If anything they are only emboldened.
They were actually sent out a week before.
You do realize that the National Guard is an Armed Service branch right? The major differences between the National Guard and Army is that they aren't an active duty branch and answer to the Governor of their respective States. National Guard units were deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. It's not some good ol' boys in military surplus equipment.
If this actually turns into a gun fight it going to be US Military attacking US Military.
the national guard could also be sent back to afghanistan tomorrow
Or Yemen. Which was a tactic roman emperors used to keep dangerous armies out of rebellion range.
I see comments like this a lot in discussions online. How many drones do you think they have? Do you think one drone operator can fly around taking out every one of thousands of people?
It's like people think that drones equal omnipotence. The real air power is actual planes like the F/A-18 and A-10 that can demolish the shit out of any ground target. Drones are small and used for limited targets, and attack planes can do a lot more, and the US gov't has all of them.
It's meant to be slightly facetious to point out the ridiculousness of applying 18th century thinking towards 21st century technology.