They absolutely would attack government positions if they shared a border . I agree , they are incompetent , but they are also radicals who want to break the siege . They would be massacred against fortified SAA positions with airsupport , but there would at the very least be skirmishes . <| sep |> The situation is a lot more messed up than GWB . Bush ' s cabinet was one of the most experienced in modern times , and he had good rapport with Cheney who was more than qualified to handle matters of national security . Trump on the other hand , is putting together one of the most inexperienced t r u m p s c a b i n e t i s o n t r a c k t o b e t h e l e a s t e x p eriencedinmodernhistoryus 5836 f 133 e 4 b 000 af 95 edf 18 c cabinet ' s since the Civil War . Our best bet at vetting the massive amount of threats the government has to deal with , is looking like it ' s going to be a guy with the nickname Mad Dog leadershipwp 20161123 t h e a v i d r e a d i n g h a b i t s o f t r u m p s p o t e n t i a l s e c r e t a r y o fdefensejamesmaddogmattis , The TrumpPence relationship is not exactly an eyetoeye relationship , and the delegating of tasks to Pence means that there is another layer of action needed before the only person with authority to act unilaterlly has now been added to the bureaucracy .