What we don’t know and what we do know
Since I’m a man of few words (no laughing in the back of the room), I’m not going to speculate, too much about the events of yesterday. What I am going to do is chronicle a few observations, sprinkled with my own commentary.
First off; I would like to extend my condolences and gratitude to the families of the fallen Marines. I pray for the full recovery of the female Sailor, Marine, and Police Officer that were wounded. I thank the police for dispatching, with extreme prejudice, the scumbag who perpetrated his cowardly acts.
Second; Whether you agree, or not, with our military personnel in garrison not being armed, it is a good discussion to have, and very prudent based on historical events. I have been in favor of our people packing in garrison. I think that even Ronnie Milsap can see that recent attacks are forcing us to change our SOP. I don’t think it violates posse come at us, since we aren’t talking about armed troops patrolling the streets, but being armed inside military facilities. People have pointed to an order put out by GHW Bush in 1992 as the reason we can’t have armed troops. Like leftists, they only concentrate on the first part of the directive and not the rest of it. He says “unless it is reasonable to expect attacks against personnel or assets”. I would think that has been qualified since 9/11/2001. I believe we all have a right to defend ourselves and return fire.
Third up; Whether it was coordinated or a “lone wolf”. It doesn’t matter. ISIS had put out the call to take out targets in the US, specifically military targets including personnel. Hasan, Bledsoe, etc., have all answered the call of “global jihad”. Just like chuckleheads in the race baiting dept. had put out calls for their buddies to attack police officers here, after the recent protests and riots in a few cities, it doesn’t take specific instructions on specific targets in order to connect the dots (well, it does seem to take that for some in the gummint). The FBI Director just said a week ago that they can’t stop everything, especially in a world of instant communications. I’m glad he told the truth and was realistic about it. Too bad no one took his message to heart.
Fourth; Several of us here have been pounding the desk, warning of these types of attacks for many years. Soft targets, like the recruiting stations, are terrifyingly easy to hit and cause a lot of damage. We mentioned this exact scenario several years ago i.e. “lone wolf” with an “assault rifle” going into a bar/grill/mall/etc. and shooting the place up, especially the target rich “gun free zones” that the bleeding hearts are so proud of. Sorry, but the only bleeding being done is by the victims of those “gun free zones”.
Fifth; I hate the morons that instantly politicize these types of events. Some idiot got on twitter within 5 minutes of this tragedy and starting bleeting about gun control. Really? You flippin’ idiot; knock that crap off.
Sixth (and last); While everyone is twisted up about the little stuff, like flags and feelings, our enemies are watching and planning. They want us distracted. They want us looking at the BS while they get into position. Yes, orders went out. Yes, those orders were carried out. The real question is; now what? What are we going to do to minimize (I say that, because you can’t stop it all) the threat?
Old Trooper out.
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