Posted on 03/06/2009 8:45:19 AM PST by pabianice
The U.S. Army is to invest $6 million in riot equipment, a fact that has furthered fears that troops will be used inside the U.S. in order to quell any civil unrest resulting from the ongoing economic crisis.
The U.S. Army Contracting Agency, based at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, has a post on the Federal Business Opportunities website, requesting the equipment and has received several notices of interest from potential vendors.
The request titled “84–RIOT EQUIPMENT” outlines the need for hard polyethylene Shin and Chest Guards, shock absorbing Forearm Protectors, Interior leg brace supports as well as knee and ankle protectors.
The ACA asks that the equipment be able to “safely withstand a substantial blow… from non-ballistic weapons or flying debris”.
The Solicitation also states:
The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 453998 with a small business size standard of $6M. This requirement is a [ Small Business ] set-aside and only qualified offerors may submit bids.
Interested vendors include Irish Brigade inc., manufacturers of hunting and safety gear with facilities located in the heart of Kansas City , Missouri. Federal and Military resource company MCLEARVISION, LLC is another interested party, as is Kentucky based U. S. CAVALRY STORE, INC.
In our article yesterday we highlighted the fact that Urban warfare training drills are taking place across the country as top analysts as well as officials predict a potential “summer of rage” across Europe and America as civil unrest from the economic fallout builds.
Are such drills really for the purpose of preparing troops for foreign combat zones? Undoubtedly - but other factors indicate that the drills may very well also be aimed at preparing troops for dealing with mass civil unrest as the economic crisis worsens.
There’s no question that U.S. authorities have been closely observing riots that have toppled governments in Iceland and Latvia and also threatened to do so in several other European countries. The fact that they have contingency plans in place to deal with such scenarios should they unfold in America cannot be disputed.
Indeed, before a media exposé forced them into a denial, Northcom revealed that one of the duties of at least 20,000 active duty troops that are being placed inside the United States would be dealing with “civil unrest and crowd control”.
The U.S. Army War College in November released a white paper called Known Unknowns: Unconventional ‘Strategic Shocks’ in Defense Strategy Development. The report warned that the military must be prepared for a “violent, strategic dislocation inside the United States,” which could be provoked by “unforeseen economic collapse,” “purposeful domestic resistance,” “pervasive public health emergencies” or “loss of functioning political and legal order.” The “widespread civil violence,” the document said, “would force the defense establishment to reorient priorities in extremis to defend basic domestic order and human security.”
This means that the maximum size of the company to be awarded the contract is $6M per year in revenues. This $6M does NOT mean they are buying $6M worth of gear. Geez, I'm all for calling Barry out when he deserves it, but this is just plain stupid and irresponsible on the author's part. I will go research this solicitation further and see how many "suits" they're ordering and get back to you folks here on FR.
I suspected that, but just wanted to be sure.
My personal feeling about this hypothetical (which may not turn out to be so hypothetical,) is that most American troops understand what's going on in their culture, and are tuned in to who is who in the culture war. Most of them realize who supports them and our Constitution, and who does not.
If they are commanded to fire on patriotic Americans who are resisting the attempted overthrow of our constitutional republic, I think they're smart enough, and loyal enough to their country to support the right side of that fight.
Who knows what the number is? I do know that the soldiers at Fort Bragg are talking amongst themselves about it, and about half say they won’t take up arms. I don’t believe that more than 10 to 15% of all gunowners will fight, if it comes to that. What is the membership of all of the major guns rights groups combined out of a possible 80 million; perhaps 10 million?
“I would think that were Obama an American, a true American with the well being of all citizenry and the U.S. as his priority, which should be as our President that all monies and efforts would be directed towards stabilizing, and resurrecting the economy. He chooses to lead us to tyranny instead.”
HERE IS THE PROBLEM PEOPLE!
Each of us were brought up with a love of this country. A love of our flag, a welling of pride when the National Anthem came on. This was and is an emotion we are all familiar with. OBAMA DOES NOT HAVE THIS!!
His grandparents were communists, his mother was a floozy who flew off with whatever cool international guy that came along with Obama or Soetoro. And then he spent five years, the most FORMATIVE YEARS OF HIS LIFE from 5 to 10 years old going to a MUSLIM SCHOOL in INDONESIA. WHILE WERE PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, HE WAS SAYING HIS ISLAMIC PRAYERS IN SCHOOL.
Then, to top all of that off, he has a mentor of a known communist Frank Marshall Davis and sits in the pews of Jeremiah Wright for 20 years next to his bitter bitter racist wife.
The single element missing in Obama is A LOVE FOR THIS COUNTRY AND ALL IT STANDS FOR.
This post is not to say why he should not be elected, it’s too late, superstar did his job. The point of this post is for everyone to make everyone you know understand that HE IS NOT ONE OF US. Not anything to do with race, religion, or anything. But he is not an AMERICAN in the sense that you or I am an American.
I hope I have made some sense in my rant.
Around 600,000 men that all prayed to the same God died in the last civil war when muzzle loaders were still being used. I certainly pray that we won’t see that or a bloody revolution on this soil.
Exactly! Size standard has nothing to due with the size of the procurement but, rather, the size of the companies bidding on it! This article should be pulled because it’s completely false. Let’s stick it to Zero, but let’s use the TRUTH, not dumb internet whackjobs.
Imagine how many people had “tinfoil” screamed at them when they suggested that jews weren’t just being sent to “work” at a camp.
It’s about you and a few million of your closest friends defending themselves from govt.
And this is precisely why America has never been invaded by ANY army. It has never been the fear of our military that has stayed the hand of aggressors, but the fear of the American people.
There isn't a bigger army in all the world than the armed citizens of America. No one - including our own military will challenge that army, if it's unleashed.
The entire might of the US military took years to pacify Iraq.....fighting 5000 jihadists with AK’s and improvised explosives....and our guys were motivated...
And they are still OUR guys...and they are fully aware of just who had their backs when the dems wanted to cut and run...
I just said that to another poster. We have nothing to fear from our GIs.
The 1890 massacre wasn’t ordered by the president or by General Miles. It was part of an operation to round up the dissident groups who were adhering to a resistance based on the ghost dance religious belief. The actual massacre was due to actions/orders of the officer in charge of the detail of about 500 troops and not on the orders of any general or president and would have no application to this premise (military being ordered to fire on citizens). It was considered to be the last battle between indian tribes and the army.
The Wounded Knee incident was in 1973 and involved the occupation by indian militants of the small town of Wounded Knee SD which the militants tied to the 1890 massacre. The Federal Marshal Service were the big players along with the FBI. One federal marshal and three indians were killed in the shootout that ensued. Also not ordered by the president.
I agree with you. As my grandfather said “Faith is good, blind faith is stupid”.
You need to get over the 9-11 truthers things. This is real.
http://www.inteldaily.com/?c=117&a=1431
Naturally, that's your own skeptical estimate, but let's say that it's so. At the low end, that's 6 Million furious patriots who are willing to give all to restore their country to a constitutional republic.
That's a bigger army than the federal gov't has, and it's spread throughout the land. Even if our entire military were willing to take up arms against their own people, they wouldn't stand a chance.
It's taken eight long years of brutal fighting in Iraq, just to quell an "insurgency" of some thousands. And you think there's any chance that 6 Million angry Americans can be stopped through force of arms?
My God, man. The gun owning American public is the biggest military force on the planet.
However, viewed through the tinfoil prism this is definitely a government conspiracy. They better pick 55 total bad@sses, even the Spartans used 300 at Thermopylae.
Amen, sister! But I think there are lots of O-zots who are beginning to see the truth. But, like you, it would be nice to be stupid at times like these. As my wife used to say, “I was happy in my denial.”
Like I’ve been saying, what if the power had never came back on after Ike. There would be no fresh vegetables, no fresh meat, no dairy products. Lots of drugs need refrigeration. And losing power is not far fetched. There’s one big grid that any relay could shut down.
I’ll be 58 next month. I’m glad I’m not going to be 38 and would probably be better off to be 88.
Different times, different situations, different cultures, different Presidents, different everything.
First of all, it's questionable whether American troops will have more loyalty to Obama than to the Constitution and the American people, should it come to it. I think that most troops are smart enough, and aware enough to know who's who in this country, and will refuse to fire on patriots.
Second of all, Obama would not be able to draw a line, and declare certain states "in rebellion", as Lincoln did. This time, the insurgency would be dispersed throughout every state of the Union.
Obama also does not have a moral imperative on his side, as Lincoln did. What would be the higher, moral purpose behind his opposition to The People's Rebellion? It couldn't be seen as anything more than a dictatorial and despotic attempt to quell a righteous rebellion for the cause of liberty and the restoration of our constitutional republic.
Where there is no moral imperative, there is no support from the American people. He already loses on that count, alone. There are a host of other reasons that he and his Socialist cronies will be unsuccessful in their bid to overthrow our way of life through force.
Obama and the Socialists are forcing a showdown. They will get it, and they will lose. They are probably too arrogant and ignorant to understand that they are now ensuring the total demise of their agenda and their party in this country.
“You need to get over the 9-11 truthers things. This is real.
http://www.inteldaily.com/?c=117&a=1431";
You need to exercise due diligence when posting material FROM THE COMMUNIST PARTY.
The revolution:Voice of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
check it out:
http://revcom.us/a/083/martial-en.html
Tinfoil, or its German equivalent!
Quite a few, I’d wager
INDEED.
The Oligarchy and their conrollers literally from hell have already scheduled it.
Prayer can hinder/delay the timing and lessen the severity . . . probably.
So, are you claiming that the military powers that be are
NOT BUYING RIOT GEAR?
ROTFLOL!
Sigh.
And here I thought FREEPERS were waking up and smelling the cordite.
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