That is a stretch. Nice try though. My support of law enforcement is apparently stronger than some folks accuracy in reporting on J6th casualties to leos. It is enough there were deaths To misrepresent the facts surrounding them devalues them by making them pawns. The facts are enough.
Thanks for telling me. I would have thought I wasn't getting a card was because i failed to send you one.
Of course you are right about an assault leading to a delayed death. Yet no one was charged as such. Wonder why?
You can ask- I take no issue with the question. I don’t approve of Biden’s pardons either.
Curious, but why would they need to open fire against what was a mostly unarmed mob? If the rioters were armed with rifles and shotguns and started shooting at the Guardsmen, that is different, but otherwise, wouldn't the Guard have more peaceful ways to try to deal with such? No different from riot police or military peacekeeping in a country. For example, what if the Guard had been called up in various states to put a stop as best they could to the George Floyd riots that were going on in the cities? I would think (hope) they'd have various non-violent methods to try first. Like bean-bag guns, tear gas, water hoses, etc...which if the NG was tasked with defending a place against potential rioters I'd think (hope) they'd bring.
As ground troops they would have been extensively briefed by the JA on the left and right limits of their mission and self-defense priorities. I don’t know for certain, but I doubt the guard guys who later worked the capitol building were given ammunition (the rifles were for show). I do know that when they are called out for riot duty they know exactly when they can crack a head or deploy a little weepy spray.
Altogether an idiotic comment by Trump and it will remain a scar on his administration.
Not only were we not prepared, and some could argue that was intentional, but the whole of the EU acted as if they were shocked this could have even happened. Talk about ignoring history.
Just for grins, I checked…the “Europe Under Extreme Duress” conversation here on AW goes all the way back to 2016. Many of the comments just after the Russian invasion are interesting now that time has marched on.
I’m no longer in the intel loop, but there are signs that the Ukrainians might crack quicker than the Russians. It is a matter of manpower and population. In truth, a peace that allows the U.S. and Europe to better train and arm a revived Ukrainian military is a greater victory than bleeding out another 10,000 Russians.
We give them 20 spare nukes (or maybe just tell the world we did) and the complexion of the whole situation changes.
