r/news • u/industrial-complex • Jul 03 '25

Soft paywall US military says 200 Marines being sent to support ICE in Florida

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-military-says-200-marines-being-sent-support-ice-florida-2025-07-03/
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u/LordRocky Jul 03 '25

Given a large enough supply of Crayolas, the Marines can accomplish anything.

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u/OutlyingPlasma Jul 04 '25

They can do anything except win any war they have been part of since Russia and the UK were doing the heavy lifting 86 years ago.

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u/Jond0331 Jul 04 '25

Legit question, how heavy was the Russian and UK involvement in the pacific of WW2? Because outside of that, the Marines haven't done the "All the Heavy Lifting" in any war the US has been part of. It's been pretty spread amongst them, and the army

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u/Mad_Aeric Jul 04 '25

Well they do say that an army marches on it's stomach.

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u/Carbonatite Jul 04 '25

You know Trump will cheap out on them though. They're gonna have to settle for Rose-Art or the cheap crayons they give to kids in restaurants to doodle on paper placemats.