Mong the Mindless

Who ya gonna believe, the cameras or a politician? -- Pug Mahoney

   The pattern of fear mongering based on proven falsehoods seems to be working among the base of extreme right-wing supporters in the American electorate, who believe without question whatever the politician says no matter how silly, outrageous or blatantly false.

  So now that Election Day is past, how soon will this president recall the regular military troops from the southern border and return them to their real duties, and not use them to mong fear among voters?

   Some 7,000 people, many of them women and children, were on foot nearly 1,000 miles from the border, yet the president saw fit to deploy active duty troops to the border just two days before Election Day, warning of an "invasion."

   Some invasion. Women and children a thousand miles away, and walking.

   Was that sufficient cause to call out the Army -- as many soldiers who are in Afghanistan -- to stop an "invasion" of the U.S. from Central America,  by civilians walking the length of Mexico? No mention was made of whether the troops are there to repulse the Mexican army, nor was it noted that the American troops, by law, can only be allowed to serve in a supporting role for Border Patrol agents and state police.

   Yet they were there, on the president's orders, just two days before Election Day. Now that Election Day is past, he's likely to pronounce that the "invasion crisis" is over and the professional military will return to their regular duties at their home bases.

   Coincidence? More likely a fear mongering ploy to excite the radical rightwing supporters. And the ploy will now be canceled, now that it has served its electioneering purpose.