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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

DE-SENSITIZING THE MASSES

Military Rolls Tanks Onto St. Louis Streets…But Why?

I have to say that this event, which is being labeled a “training exercise”, makes very little sense to me. U.S. Army troops all the way from Maryland running open exercises in armored personnel carriers on the busy streets of St. Louis? I know Maryland is a small state, but is there really not enough room at Ft. Detrick to accommodate a tank column and some troops? Are there not entire fake neighborhood and town complexes built with taxpayer dollars on military bases across the country meant to facilitate a realistic urban environment for troops to train in? And why travel hundreds of miles to Missouri? At the very least, this is a massive waste of funds.

On the other hand, such an action on the part of the Department of Defense makes perfect sense if the goal is to acclimate citizens to the idea of seeing tanks and armed military acting in a policing capacity. Just check out the two random idiots the local news affiliate picked to interview in St. Louis on the subject. Both state that they think the exercise is a “great idea”, because having the military on the streets would help to “reduce crime”:

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/06/us-military-to-run-urban-exercises-in-north-st-louis-residents-hope-it-will-cut-down-on-crime/

I suspect that the news affiliate did not go out of its way to get any counter-opinions, even though they admitted to being contacted by those voicing concerns over martial law.

Even so, it’s sad and simultaneously terrifying that there are plenty of mindless dupes out there who do not understand the dangers of the Army crossing the Rubicon and acting in a civil law enforcement capacity, never mind that they are completely ignorant of the fact that it violates the Posse Comitatus Act. One of the interviewees even points out that in some countries they don’t use police at all; only military. This is true. We call those countries “tyrannies”…

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

there's still a hellofa lot more of us then them!

Anonymous said...

10:12 yeah, well, thats what 10,000 dead in Syria said too...

lmclain said...

The Syrian civilians weren't aremd. THEIR government didn't allow civilians to have weapons. Hope THAT clears things up for all you "Oh GOD! Guns are SO dangerous!" people. When it came time to resist the tryanny of their leaders, who raped, pillaged, and robbed their country, they were throwing ROCKS. It would be a bit different here. Which is why Homeland Security (sounds like a title right out of "1984") bought 450 million rounds of ammo. They KNOW they are gonna need it.