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Makes Very Little Sense:Why are Army Tanks Rolling Down Residential Roads for Training in St. Louis?
The Blaze ^ | June 25, 2012 | Liz Klimas

Posted on 06/25/2012 2:37:32 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

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1 posted on 06/25/2012 2:37:35 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Are the roads able to handle that load?

I see huge potholes in the future.


2 posted on 06/25/2012 2:40:16 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Guns Walked -- People Died -- Holder Lied -- Obama Golfed (thanks, Secret Agent Man))
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To: Free ThinkerNY

It helps determine which troops are ... ummm ... “reliable”.


3 posted on 06/25/2012 2:43:27 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I think we all know why this is happening.


4 posted on 06/25/2012 2:43:36 PM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Training? Bull Shi!. Some heads should roll. This is a clear picture what America is becoming.


5 posted on 06/25/2012 2:43:38 PM PDT by Logical me
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Ping.


6 posted on 06/25/2012 2:44:51 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The military did lots of in-city training under Clinton. Helicopters, tho, not usually armor.

Lots on FR about it, naturally.


7 posted on 06/25/2012 2:45:31 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: Free ThinkerNY

According to the Blaze.

I wonder how much coverage this “supposed” incident would get if Glenn Beck weren’t getting money for showing it to you.


8 posted on 06/25/2012 2:47:19 PM PDT by humblegunner
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“It helps determine which troops are ... ummm ... “reliable”.”

That was my first thought. Call me a kook but I can’t think of any other practical reason for such a military excercise.


9 posted on 06/25/2012 2:49:13 PM PDT by CodeToad (Homosexuals are homophobes. They insist on being called 'gay' instead.)
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10 posted on 06/25/2012 2:49:22 PM PDT by Huskrrrr ( the will)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Q: “Why are Army Tanks Rolling Down Residential Roads for Training”

A: To give the pilotless drones something to shoot at for practice.


11 posted on 06/25/2012 2:50:29 PM PDT by mbarker12474 (If thine enemy offend thee, give his childe a drum.)
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To get to St. Louis from MD, they needed to roll right past Fort Campbell which has some great urban combat and artillery training environments. Something doesn’t smell right here.................


12 posted on 06/25/2012 2:50:51 PM PDT by RobertClark (Be prepared, be polite, be professional and have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This was a regular occurence when I was young. I would sit on the porch...thinking I could attract these gorgeous hunks. Alas...I was 12....No takers.


13 posted on 06/25/2012 2:51:33 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: humblegunner

I hate when people make profits.


14 posted on 06/25/2012 2:51:46 PM PDT by Sawdring
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To: CodeToad; DuncanWaring

Which troops are reliable...

...just how much will U. S. Citizens tolerate?

IMO, get used to it folks. Soon these won’t be training exercises any longer.

The decision to dedicate one division of the military to inside-border enforcement should make just about anyone sit up and take notice.


15 posted on 06/25/2012 2:55:30 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Remove all Democrats from the Republican party, and we won't have much Left, just a lot of Right.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

These aren't "tanks", they are M1117 Armored Security Vehicles.

That point having been made, it's still wise to question the need to conduct this "training" in a civilian area when such training could have been accomplished on a military reservation just as easily.

16 posted on 06/25/2012 2:58:06 PM PDT by Sarajevo (Ever notice that when a beggar gets a donation, they immediately put their hand out for more.)
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To: Sawdring
I hate when people make profits.

I hate it when they play folks for fools.

17 posted on 06/25/2012 3:01:46 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: Sarajevo
This also shows how polarized and distrusting we have become as a nation.

When I was a young trooper, we roadmarched an M113 APC and an M551 Sheridan through Louisiana for a Memorial Day display. People were happy to see us and loved the equipment.

When I was in the Army Reserves in the 80's, we would roadmarch our wheeled vehicles to Ft Campbell of Ft Knox for our annual summer training. It was no biggie back then.

18 posted on 06/25/2012 3:02:13 PM PDT by Sarajevo (Ever notice that when a beggar gets a donation, they immediately put their hand out for more.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Maybe they can clean up the North side of the city and then roll in to IL and clean up East St. Louis. But my guess is that Obummer will have them roaming the streets of Clayton, Ladue, Frontonac and Town & Country where the really bad citizens of the St. Louis area live. If he would just clean out these people, their homes and bank accounts there would be no problems in the US.

St.Louis is a far worse place then Chicago where they are killing each other every day.


19 posted on 06/25/2012 3:03:23 PM PDT by ncfool (OMG 2012)
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To: Sarajevo

This is something they woulddn’t even do in base housing when I was a Brat.


20 posted on 06/25/2012 3:03:49 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1252 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama is not a Big Brother [he's a Big Sissy...])
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