Posted on 03/18/2013 7:57:05 AM PDT by Ezekiel
US president to ride around capital in moving fortress; 5,000 policemen to secure his every move
WASHINGTON - United States President Barack Obama 's security team is taking no chances: During the presidential visit in Israel which begins next Wednesday, the president will ride around Jerusalem in The Beast, the aptly named tank-turned-car, a rolling fortress.
Obama's motorcade will include two such vehicles – each costing $300,000 – driving around between a huge entourage of uniformed and undercover security men.
Though the American people have a historical affinity to seeing their presidents out in the open waving from horse drawn carriages and convertible limousines, these preferences were sadly laid aside following John Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
The Beast, the latest and the most significant change in presidential security procedures, was revealed at Obama's first inauguration in 2008, when upon seeing it, the president remarked on its similarity to a Boeing airplane.
(Excerpt) Read more at ynetnews.com ...
Laughable story! $300,000 won't even come close to getting a higher end Rolls-Royce, the Phantom.
So, the Mark of the Beast is finally revealed.
Never occurred to me that it looked like Obama. lol.
Remember when the beast "ran aground"?
Video of Obama 'Beast' Cadillac limo stuck on ramp in Ireland
The coward should walk out in front of the motorcade with Moochelle just like he did after the fake re-election.
Baraq, Cadillac style.
I was involved with the powertrain build and those cost an order of magnitude greater than $300 grand, believe me.
hehe
Some idiot at ynet (and at ynet, they’re ALL idiots) can’t do the math conversion from shekels to dollars!
Was this vehicle previous referred to as “The Beast” or is that just a name the author slapped on for the Jerusalem trip?
It’s been called that for several years, since the Era of Baraq anyway. I’m surprised he’s not taking his fleet of luxury motor coaches too.
The Beast?
You mean Michelle is traveling with him?
WHAT?
Never mind...
Yeah, the “Mark of the Beast” will be a scrape mark on the pavement where it bottoms out.
Looks more like it is the cost of *operating* the beast, with security and such.
This thing is going to snake through Jerusalem like a predator stalking its prey. I wouldn’t be surprised if the behemoth got stuck trying to cross the light rail track.
“President Obama is served by a fleet of 28 Blackhawk helicopters, each costing $15 million.
They take him from the White House to the Air Force One presidential airplane in Joint Base Andrews, or to the Camp David presidential retreat.”
Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.
More from the link;
“The helicopters wait for the president around the United States and in different locations worldwide, all equipped with anti-missile devices.”
Heh ... with better security, too
All those armed, young Israeli's ... wait a minute ...
hmmmmm
Stay in the car, zero.
There's a 666 in the address of the source link. What could go wrong?
at .39 and .40 seconds, something falls out of the driver’s pocket onto the ground. Looked kind of like an earpiece...?
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