Military to spend a month painting border barriers to improve their "aesthetic appearance."

[yortsed snacilbuper]

Members of the military deployed near the U.S.-Mexico border have been assigned to spend a month painting a mile-long stretch of barriers to improve their "aesthetic appearance."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/military-to-spend-a-month-painting-border-barriers/ar-AACrYer?ocid=spartanntp

[Solly Mack]

1. SMH

[UTUSN]

2. Well, *HEY* the cash gotta be spent!1 Who's the paint CONTRACTOR?!1 Family member?!1

[RedParrot]

3. Shit duty

Troops will not be happy about this shit duty.

[backtoblue]

4. "painting the roses red..."

[procon]

5. And what does this bit of folderol cost in terms

of time and treasure? And what do we -- the cash strapped taxpayers -- get out of foolishness? Gold spray painted steel posts, made even more tawdry with glitter, sequins and some fringe, maybe some glued on plastic crystals?

[BlueSpot]

7. The troops would be paid regardless

Unless they are being moved there for this purpose, the cost is unchanged except for materials (paint, brushes, ladders, etc.)

The question is if there is something more productive for them to do. If not, I would suggest that our armed forces are larger than what we need.

[rickford66]

6. I thought the idea was to make them intimidating, not attractive.

[TeamPooka]

8. New military motto: "We came, we saw, we beautified." nt

[lunatica]

9. Let me guess. The color is gold, right?

Pretty soon he’ll have a huge sign put atop it with his name on it. TRUMP wall. Of course.

[struggle4progress]

10. "I saw those unpainted fences and just knew we had to solve this national emergency"

[Tanuki]

11. Putin must have told him about Potemkin villages.