Posted on 10/26/2024 6:57:04 AM PDT by Eli Kopter
Just as former president Donald Trump told Fox News last week that he wanted to use the U.S. military to “handle” what he called the “enemy from within” on Election Day, an obscure military policy was beginning to make the rounds on social media platforms favored by the far right.
The focus? Department of Defense Directive 5240.01.
The 22-page document governs military intelligence activities and is among more than a thousand different policies that outline Defense Department procedures.
The Pentagon updated it at the end of September. Although military policies are routinely updated and reissued, the timing of this one—just six weeks before the election and the same day Hurricane Helene slammed into the Southeast—struck right-wing misinformation merchants as suspicious.
They latched onto a new reference in the updated directive—“lethal force”—and soon were falsely claiming that the change means Kamala Harris had authorized the military to kill civilians if there is unrest after the election.
That’s flat-out not true, the Pentagon and experts on military policy told The War Horse.
“The provisions in [the directive] are not new, and do not authorize the Secretary of Defense to use lethal force against U.S. citizens, contrary to rumors and rhetoric circulating on social media,” Sue Gough, a Department of Defense spokesperson, said Wednesday night.
(Excerpt) Read more at thewarhorse.org ...
” more than a thousand policies for directing department of defense activities”
No wonder those clowns can no longer win a war.
Thanks. Saves me the trouble of having to post 3.4 (c) again.
“Check out the Board of Directors’ resumes, in their About page. Generally Lefty journalists, one of which “served” in the Obama administration.”
Yep, one of the “Awards” they received was from the Atlantic Counsel. This is straight up a MIC/NWO propaganda outlet.
I find no definition.
“...why would the Pentagon and “experts” jump to respond to them?????”
Damage control. It has been the habit of the left to create false identification, (lies without admitted intent), against the military for many years though the DOD, the pentagon, and the commanding generals. The military is a group the left uses to create fear and a sense of helplessness amoung the citizens. And they have also brainwashed the people into thinking these are right wing groups that are always looking for ways to hurt someone even though their commander in chief (POTUS) is their boss and directs traffice through the sec of defense whether republican or democrat. They share no blame even when it is their decisions that are creating the bedlam.
And if you know the directives of the 5000 DOD series, you understand it is not a change at all but a ruse act of the providing misidentifier by leading the people to believe it is different than what it is, the same as it was.
wy69
“...why would the Pentagon and “experts” jump to respond to them?????”
Damage control. It has been the habit of the left to create false identification, (lies without admitted intent), against the military for many years though the DOD, the pentagon, and the commanding generals. The military is a group the left uses to create fear and a sense of helplessness amoung the citizens. And they have also brainwashed the people into thinking these are right wing groups that are always looking for ways to hurt someone even though their commander in chief (POTUS) is their boss and directs traffice through the sec of defense whether republican or democrat. They share no blame even when it is their decisions that are creating the bedlam.
And if you know the directives of the 5000 DOD series, you understand it is not a change at all but a ruse act of the providing misidentifier by leading the people to believe it is different than what it is, the same as it was.
wy69
Just saying...
"Twist[ing] them" or "disregard[ing] the law need not be very obvious in the exercise of this new provision. There are at least two bites at the apple built into that to keep the Biden Administration's DOJ from accountability for actual lethality that may be used.
1) DOJ chooses not to prosecute any military for cases that resulted in lethality, saying "no prosecutor would prosecute", "they were just following (the immune) President's orders" or "no jury would convict," or
2) Any judge (e.g, corrupt) with jurisdiction could dismisses such cases on the basis of the judge's interpretation of recently rewritten policy, thereby avoiding accountability.
Isn’t the National Guard armed with “lethal force”? I’m not jumping into this fire right away.
Does anyone think Kamala Harris will allow any proceedings to certify that will go against her candidacy? I don’t. She will hold it up for months giving time for the miracle ballots to be discovered and get every lawsuit filed to throw out republican votes.
“501c3...attendance records
Just saying... “
About that... I was doing the math and it doesn’t jive...
“Isn’t the National Guard armed with “lethal force”?”
The National Guard and the Coast Guard have a whole different situation of policing authority compared to the other branches. They were given internal authorities, the other branches are blocked from internal policing authorities by the Posse comitatus act.
But this changes that... This gives them direct authority to police and assist LE with lethal force internally against civilians. This basically grants them unprecedented “rules of engagement” against “enemy” citizens in our nation.
Those connected to the Satanic Pentagram said not to worry.
If anyone believes this article or this source they are peddling straight and unfiltered blatant and intentional HORSESHIT.
As for your question, there is no such thing as coincidence.
Oh, so someone should explain this to Randy Weaver’s wife and child. Oh, wait.
That’s right. Abortion is a right. Remember the Libs always tell us the Constitution is a ‘’living document’’.
What bs.
And, branDUHn reminded us they aren’t absolute. Anyone care to usurp the 13th or 19th and see if that ruffles any feathers?
That was sad and a stain on our history.
Perish the thought! Those amendments are sacrosanct to that crowd. Yup.
But there’s one or two they hate. Like keeping and bearing arms and freedom of speech. That gives the Left fits so those rights are well, they’re in the living document. Sort of. maybe not you thee.. Ever notice it’s all about duck hunting with the Dems?.
For Heaven’s Sake Elmer Fudd handles a shotgun better than “Tampon Timmy’’ ever could.
I’m a city boy and even I know how to use one.
But yeah killing babies is ok.
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