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My take on Nat'l Guard presence in DC
1/19/21 | Vanity

Posted on 01/19/2021 7:29:15 PM PST by agatheringstorm

Many have offered up reasons for the military buildup all over the country, including over 26,000 in DC alone. I've pondered this for days and here's all I've been able to come up with:

1. You don't need 26,000 national guard troops to guard DC.

2. The people from Jan. 6, whichever sides they were on, are not hanging around for another run at the Capitol.

3. I do not believe the theory that these troops are there to round up all of the leftist criminals and send them to Guantanamo.

4. The only logical explanation is that this a show of force by the new regime. This still seems like overkill. Note that they're now vetting these guardsmen and have rejected two of them for "far-right connections."

5. You don't spend this kind of money and show of force for a single event if you can kill several birds with one stone. I theorize that the Biden administration is going to be making several highly consequential announcements in the first week of his presidency, and these will all be highly unpopular with about 50% of the country. THIS is why the troops are necessary in DC and throughout the country. We're being told about some of these announcements, but let's see what all gets slapped down on the Oval office desk in the next 14 days. Whatever is coming down the pike, the Leftists are worried that the citizens will revolt as the tidal wave of leftist gobbledygook is rolled out.

Does anyone know when the troops are supposed to leave? If what I said above is true, they won't be leaving right away.


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To: agatheringstorm

Does anyone know when the troops are supposed to leave?


when the mask mandate is over?

meaning, never.


21 posted on 01/19/2021 7:49:49 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: agatheringstorm

More troops in DC than we have in South Korea.
They are TERRIFIED.

LOL


22 posted on 01/19/2021 7:51:33 PM PST by GaltMeister (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.)
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To: agatheringstorm

If they go over the deep end, all enraged truckers have to do is stop making deliveries to well known Democratic cities. It would take about two weeks for the RATS to get the idea of who is really in charge.


23 posted on 01/19/2021 7:52:40 PM PST by wetgundog
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To: RandallFlagg

Not to mention the previous year seeing more guns sold in the history of ever....


and now is time for the local militia. Find the warriors in you community, that is what the 2nd is about.

A well regulated militia being necessary for.................

For What?


24 posted on 01/19/2021 7:54:00 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: ransomnote
President Trump controls the military and would not order a show of force on behalf of Biden.

If be controls the Military why are our troop not home like he ordered?

25 posted on 01/19/2021 7:56:15 PM PST by itsahoot (Skill to intrepret auto correct is necessary to read my posts, understanding them is another matter.)
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To: agatheringstorm

The silver lining is that the crime rate in DC has probably dropped a bit.

/s


26 posted on 01/19/2021 7:56:35 PM PST by Disambiguator
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To: agatheringstorm
I wish it was this

Since yesterday Soros has had the blues.

Georges Soros was arrested in Berlin in Germany, against the will of the German government, by an American commando of the US Air Force on Monday January 18 at 'zero dark thirty' GMT (0:30) and transferred to New York from the base of Ramstein.

His arrest remains secret for the moment and will not be made public by the Attorney General for ten days.

Among the 45 indictments under seal against him are his criminal activities of an electoral nature and his involvement in the American coup. Four of them were opened and notified to Soros by a military prosecutor on the plane that brought him to New York. The main indictments that have been notified to him concern his financial crimes on Wall Street and his role in the false Covid-19 crisis where he plays a central role.

Soros' sorrow advice: if you have the blues listen to 'the house of the rising sun' (the penitentiary) ...

Complements:

http://clearlook.unblog.fr/2019/04/22/soros-maitre-chanteur/

Now, that would be good news!

27 posted on 01/19/2021 7:56:42 PM PST by NachOsten
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To: agatheringstorm

The troops are in DC on orders from Trump and under the command of his loyal Secretary of Defense Chris Miller so hardly there to do lefty bidding. IMO its martial law that just hasn’t been announced yet. We will know very soon.


28 posted on 01/19/2021 7:57:37 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: shanover
Still want to know who murdered Ashli Babbitt.

Suddenly, no one cares about her. Interesting.

29 posted on 01/19/2021 8:03:37 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: moovova

“2.2 Million active and reserve military in the USA”.
What is the total when you add in all police, sheriffs, FBI,etc etc etc? How many tanks, APC’s etc etc etc do we have? Yes I am armed as are many millions more of us but if the military and all of the other agencies go along with the govt. I think we are screwed. But that does not mean that I would just give up.


30 posted on 01/19/2021 8:04:41 PM PST by certrtwngnut (4- Do something,,,,even if it's wrong.)
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To: moovova

Next, will they be assigning political officers to each NG contingent?


31 posted on 01/19/2021 8:08:02 PM PST by Swirl
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To: Georgia Girl 2

I read an article on it just the other day and it was so involved I can’t remember how it works.

The bottom line is that DC is entirely different from any state or any other city because they have no governor.

Because they are a city only with a mayor with very little power other than over the cops, there is a convoluted chain of command over the guard.

I think I remember that there is a military officer who has the power to make these decisions.

Maybe someone else here read the same story and can give a description.

My point is that someone else, not Trump, has set the crazy numbers and requested machinme guns.


32 posted on 01/19/2021 8:10:29 PM PST by old curmudgeon
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To: agatheringstorm

But where are the machine gun nests, tanks, and artillery?


33 posted on 01/19/2021 8:11:56 PM PST by Swirl
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To: moovova

25 million new gun owners.
Our store is doing an unbelievable amount of business, we can’t keep the shelves stocked.
More than 100 guns ever day, weekends it’s 200.


34 posted on 01/19/2021 8:14:18 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents{}Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: certrtwngnut

Law enforcement-wise...per wiki (not as many as I thought)i:

“In 2008, federal police employed approximately 120,000 full-time law enforcement officers, authorized to make arrests and carry firearms in the United States.[100]

The 2012 Bureau of Justice Statistics’ Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies (CSLLEA), found there were 17,985 state and local law enforcement agencies employing at least one full-time officer or the equivalent in part-time officers.[101]

In 2008, state and local law enforcement agencies employed more than 1.1 million people on a full-time basis, including about 765,000 sworn personnel (defined as those with general arrest powers). Agencies also employed approximately 100,000 part-time employees, including 44,000 sworn officers.[101”

As for tanks, APCs...I don’t know. A bunch?


35 posted on 01/19/2021 8:17:31 PM PST by moovova
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To: Lurkinanloomin

25,000,000...My memory’s going...LOL. I thought 5 mil sounded low.


36 posted on 01/19/2021 8:19:20 PM PST by moovova
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To: agatheringstorm

your question has been asked, but with few answers - only speculation:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3926215/posts


37 posted on 01/19/2021 8:19:48 PM PST by jimjohn (...like Donkey Kong.)
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To: Hoosier-Daddy

NG IN DC


38 posted on 01/19/2021 8:22:55 PM PST by TNoldman (AN AMERICAN FOR A MUSLIM/BHO FREE AMERICA. (Owner of Stars and Bars Flags))
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

It’s reported to be David Bailey.


39 posted on 01/19/2021 8:23:13 PM PST by myerson (Viva Trump!)
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To: escapefromboston

that was my take - it would have been attended in the same fashion his rallies were....though the posters theory is just as valid


40 posted on 01/19/2021 8:25:56 PM PST by Revelation 911
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