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While Obama Looks the Other Way..Citizens and Governors Defend Military
Slow Facts ^ | 19 July, 2015 | Rob Morse

Posted on 07/21/2015 5:57:29 AM PDT by marktwain

Fast opinions come and go. Here are the slow facts.

While Obama Looks the Other Way..Citizens and Governors Defend Military

July 19, 2015

VA protect our troops

Another of our military members has died.  That makes five people who were murdered by Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez in Chattanooga, Tennessee.  By orders of their superiors, these sailors and marines were disarmed when they were attacked.

Americans acted.  I wrote about citizens defending military offices in Georgia.  Today there are more citizens doing the same thing.  Some are in Virginia.  (a second report on the same person)  More citizens are protecting our military in Ohio where they are joined by off duty sheriffs officers and Ohio Carry.

These state governors took steps for an armed defense at the recruiting offices and military bases in their state.  Some used law enforcement and other governors used the national guard; Texas Governor Abbott, Louisiana Governor Jindal, Oklahoma Governor Fallin, and Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson.

Meanwhile, President Obama has said that the military will remain disarmed.  His solution is for solders to stay out of uniform and put blinds across the windows.

The liberal media can’t bear to say this was an act of war. They are still pondering causes.. like if this was simply another example of “workplace violence”.  Snort.

I’d hate to be a competent law enforcement officer who had to ignore the planned attacks that come out of mosques.  Sure, citizens and law enforcement can see something and say something.. as long as they accuse a straight white christian man and not a member of the new protected classes.

These are the consequences we told you about when you voted for a community organizer from Chicago.
~_~_

Rob



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I was going to write an article on this, but Rob did it first, and did a good job.
1 posted on 07/21/2015 5:57:29 AM PDT by marktwain
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2 posted on 07/21/2015 6:02:18 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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AND....if there is an attempted repeat of what happened in Chattanooga which is thwarted by private citizens, obutthead will somehow manage to work himself into the story and claim it was his idea.


3 posted on 07/21/2015 6:03:32 AM PDT by kevslisababy
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AND....if there is an attempted repeat of what happened in Chattanooga which is thwarted by private citizens, obutthead will somehow manage to work himself into the story and claim it was his idea.

No. He will find a way to prosecute that private citizen. Count on it.

4 posted on 07/21/2015 6:10:07 AM PDT by pgkdan (But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: marktwain

Who expects Emperor Obama to give a wit about the military when the going gets tough? No one who is thinking right.


5 posted on 07/21/2015 6:20:08 AM PDT by armydawg505
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To: Diogenesis
Obama has said that the military will remain disarmed.

I hate to point this out, but Bubba Klintoon was the one that first instituted this insanity, so "W" could've changed it. Also, he failed to do anything about Iran.

6 posted on 07/21/2015 6:43:43 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty ("Deliver us from evil ....")
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To: The Sons of Liberty

It has a longer history than that. It seems to have started after WWII, and been tightened up considerably since. Up until the Fort Hood shooting, it was common for installation commanders to have pretty free reign to set policies for their installation.

Bush I did some nasty stuff, one of which was to ban the time honored tradition of military personnel to bring back firearms as war trophies.

Clinton started a policy of having troops unarmed (so I have heard) with disabled weapons in his presence.

Bush II did not reverse the weapon trophy policy, though he had plenty of opportunities. I admit, he was under continuous and nasty attack by the old media almost the entire time he was in office.

Obama reinforced the ban on military personnel carrying personal weapons, and greatly restricted installation commanders’ flexibility on the matter.


7 posted on 07/21/2015 7:10:32 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain; Old Sarge; LucyT

Thanks for the info!

Old sarge, lucyt

Ping!

Mentions states where the governor or civilians initiated defense of the recruiting centers.


8 posted on 07/21/2015 12:05:52 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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While Obama Looks the Other Way...Citizens and Governors Defend Military

Meanwhile, Obama has said that the military will remain disarmed.

His solution is for solders to stay out of uniform and put blinds across the windows.

("Mentions states where the governor or civilians initiated defense of the recruiting centers.")

Thanks, WildHighlander57.

9 posted on 07/21/2015 5:46:57 PM PDT by LucyT
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