Posted on 08/12/2024 8:34:38 AM PDT by Enterprise
As Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and his police chief were frantically calling Governor Tim Walz in the summer of 2020 to save a besieged police precinct, Governor Tim Walz refused to send National Guard soldiers to help the beleaguered police officers. Later, in rationalizing and justifying his conscious decision to let riots metastasize, Walz said the Guard wasn't up to the task.
"I don’t think the mayor knew what he was asking for. He wanted the National Guard, and what does that mean? I think the mayor said, 'I request the National Guard, whew, this is great. We’re going to have massively trained troops.' No, you’re going to have 19-year-olds who are cooks, in some cases."
He went on to say, "Putting a young troop with limited experience in the military with a loaded automatic weapon in the middle of a system with no one giving him direction -- they don’t have zip ties. They don’t have legal authority,"
That was on Wednesday, by the time Walz finally authorized the deployment of "19-year-old" cooks, the Minneapolis Third Precinct had been sacked, and the riots were widespread.
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
Plenty of “cooks” landed on the beaches on June 6th....
Just another a hole.
There are many jobs in the Army. The only Soldiers qualified to handle civil unrest are the MPs. Can you give cooks a couple days of civil disorder training, give them hats and bats, and send them to the front lines of a violent situation? Sure, you can, but it’s not a great solution. It happened recently in America, and the results weren’t great.
I have a cousin who was an Army cook/butcher who got caught up in the Battle of the Bulge. Lost a lot of his comrades. Whatever MOS you have, you are an infantryman if called upon.
“They don’t have legal authority,”
You didn’t give it to them.
The truth is he delayed for political reasons and that is all there is to it.
and a leftist disregard for citizens lives and property.
Little Timmy is a real bass turd. No wonder the far-left turd rollers love him so much.
Our greatest generation produced spectacular warriors and heroes from “humble” occupations.
How’d Timmy stretch out his mouth to get it that big.
Another creepy Democrat.
“Just 19 year old cooks”
Wow if they can’t use that in a campaign ad
“”Putting a young troop with limited experience in the military with a loaded automatic weapon in the middle of a system ****with no one giving him direction****”
I think I see the problem.
Just wait til after the convention when the kids he coached come forward I’m telling you just look at how this guy presents himself there are stories to tell
Every Guard member goes through Basic Training, do they not? I know that I served with some in Basic and Tech School.
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