Thanks.
BTW, last September, we were in Baltimore to celebrate the bicentennial of the writing of the “Star Spangled Banner”, so, of course, we included a visit to Fort McHenry. As we walked to our pick-up stop to catch the water taxi, we were blown away by the number of vehicles we saw that looked like military equipment but bore the name of the DHS.
At first, we thought that there was extra security because of some known terrorist threat to the Baltimore area. Then, however, we noticed Secret Service vehicles and concluded that there was some connection to a visit by Obamugabe somewhere in B’more.
So I schmoozed an LEO and learned that there was a rumor that he would be visiting Fort McHenry. We were dismayed by this info, as we did not want his presence to ruin our visit to the fort.
My sister and I had our purses with us as we prepared to board the water taxi with our husbands only to be informed that none but see-through bags could be brought to the fort. She and I are old ladies, but we hotfooted it back to where we were staying to ditch our bags. This was an inconvenience for us, but it was major inconvenience for the young woman we wound up sitting near on the water taxi.
She and her mother were onboard with her 2-year-old daughter. Mom had been forced to return her child’s stroller to her hotel, so she was forced to carry that little girl for a good deal of her visit to Fort McHenry.
As it turned out, we were not forced to look at Obamugabe, although we were made to go through a security scan at Fort McHenry. He never came to the fort, but Biden did, the next day. And many, many motorists were inconvenienced when major highways were shut down just so his motorcade could proceed.
The entire DC beltway/metro area, also VA and MD around DC, are just CRAWLING with those guys. The can sometimes be spotted marking time at staging areas near big public events, “just in case.” Sometimes, one thinks, “good planning, guys.” If some jihad-commando goon squad went rampage with heavy weapons, it would be good to have a response nearby. They can put a lot of nimble response on the street, fast. They can also be used to overturn or protect a tyrant. Those nimble responders would be key players in any American coup d’etat, on either side.