Posted on 01/18/2021 5:06:26 AM PST by MtnClimber
Have you seen any reasonable excuse offered for the massive military build-up in the capital?
The last time I checked, this was the USA. A free country. A country where, when mobs of thugs were destroying Minneapolis, Portland, Kenosha, and other cities, the media reacted in horror at the suggestion that a few National Guard troops might help return calm for the residents trying to live peacefully in their homes, do business as much as possible in the circumstances, and stay afloat during a pandemic. As Portland’s Mayor Ted Wheeler said when offered federal troops to quell the violence, “This is not the America we want.” The very idea is repugnant!
Now, I am seeing pictures of Washington DC preparing to inaugurate Biden to the Presidency, while 25,000 armed troops are parading around, dividing the city into zones, barricading it, and walling it. Guns bristling from Coast Guard ships in the Potomac. It’s chilling!
I also saw pictures of a mass of armed SWAT guarding Governor Newsom’s home in Sacramento. Against what, exactly?
What don’t I know here? I feel just a tad queasy, worried because this response is so far out of character for our country, and so over-the-top compared to anything that has happened — the incursion into the Capitol was small beer compared to the riots in many other cities all last summer. There’s also been virtually no coverage of who was involved in the January 6th events, other than seeing some BLM/Antifa types that were indeed involved freed without bail.
Oh, and Ashli Babbitt died, and we saw a cufflink-clad arm that held out a gun and shot her in the throat. Because, you know, giving us information that’s accurate about what and who, all of whom have no doubt been identified because of CCTV,
I wonder if it is about the inauguration or what is to come after the inauguration. The massive executive orders on day one perhaps?
Question, I just thought of it.
Is the use of the military in Washington DC against the Posse Comitatus Act or is it allowed, because DC is not a state?
Your post just segued into my comment.
It’s definitely a deliberate change that I have no doubt the Democrats would like to keep going.
I think its going to be a parade for Trump leaving. Didn’t he want a military parade?
If the ‘election’ were so fair they wouldn’t be so insecure, if the the number of votes for the president-installed were provable they wouldn’t be so scared of the citizens.
AT keeps revealing
Maybe we have some domestic enemies to contend with. Just a hunch.
An opportunity for us to trust God to fight our battles for us.
Bo Snerdley
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Pentagon denies Trump’s request for a military-style farewell parade mol.im/a/9156861 via @MailOnline
It is being done hysterically to blow wildly out of proportion any risk that might even remotely exist from the likelihood of conservative civil disorder.
The disheartening thing is, that it is being done with nearly the full approval of both parties, which means they are both in on it.
Which means they are both enemies of this Republic.
I was wondering if the NG troops there all came from democrat controlled states.
If so, are they there and under their states governors command?
DC has been turned into a total fortress and I’m wondering if their purpose is to defend the inauguration from any interference of loyal Trump forces?
The left is setting up the next phase of their destructive plan - demonization of regular American citizens. Expect the news to be filled with hunting down and jailing “militias”, “right wingers”, “Trumpsters”. They need a bogeyman and a way to stop Trump from organized resistance.
You’re gonna need a link.
I think there hasn't been enough discussion of that. Just like Epstein dying while his cameras inconveniently malfunctioned, it doesn't make sense. The Capitol building has cameras everywhere. It seems pretty clear that they could review video and see Who was Where at any point in time. The identity of the shooter is hardly a mystery. But it has been withheld from the public. Why?
It looks like a military coup.
More reminiscent of what you see in dictatorships than what you see in “democracy”.
This is how democracy dies.......................................Live on TV...................
This overreaction reminds me of the covid overreaction. Any little thing and bam, freedoms lost.
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