Robert said:Why the hell does the DR need an army, let alone an over inflated amount of Generals? Well done Leonel!
KateP said:That's one thing I've NEVER been able to understand. Every time there's a parade and I see those hundreds of soldiers, I can't help but wonder what they're all for...
Key West has ~very cool~ parades without soldiers. Without tops, too...Ken said:Kate, how do you have a parade without soldiers?
We need a Border Patrol controlled by an incorruptible Inmigration Dpt.Danny W said:Actually I think the DR has a tremendous need for an army. Enforcing the border with Haiti,
Wrong country, there isn't an insurgency and I doubt there will.putting down potential insurgency,
Defensa Civil already has that job.assisting with natural disasters etc.
Here we call that botellas.Also, as in the US, it could be a great training opportunity for the uneducated, unskilled young people.
Pib said:We need a Border Patrol controlled by an incorruptible Inmigration Dpt.
What appens IF there is an armed invasion a Boreder Control Dept couold not handle?
Wrong country, there isn't an insurgency and I doubt there will.
No one anticpates aremed insurrection, but what if?
Defensa Civil already has that job. Here we call that botellas.
I am all for getting rid of the army.
Don't worry about the attorney general, he is a serious educated man who knows his business well. I know him personally and he is a proud santiaguero.principe said:I'm very happy about this however, I am really more concerned with the behavior of the attorney general I hope his actions are just as firm with criminals as Leonel's have been with these "vividores"