Thanks for your service. Appreciate it very much.
FREEPATHON
by the numbers
moving the last piece
Posted on 08/22/2015 1:07:35 PM PDT by Da Bilge Troll
Video was released of the Moroccan gunman immediately after the terrorist attack on a high-speed train from Brussels to Paris.
The terrorist is laying on the floor hog-tied by US servicemen. ** They beat him unconscious before they tied him up.
Spencer Stone, of the U.S. Air Force, was traveling with Oregon National Guard member Alek Skarlatos, 22, (right) who was on leave after a tour of Afghanistan, when he heard the gunman load his weapon in the toilet. Skarlatos shouted ‘Spencer, go!’ and they charged him down. (Daily Mail)
The train staff locked themselves into a staffroom during the attack. The Daily Mail reported:
“ Train staff on board the high speed train which was the scene of a suspected Islamic extremist attack yesterday have been accused of barricading themselves in their staffroom and locking the door, leaving passengers to fend for themselves.
The Moroccan terrorist was disarmed and beaten unconscious by US servicemen and a British man after he opened fire on a Paris-bound train with a Kalashnikov.
Now, French actor Jean-Hugues Anglade, who was on board the Thalys train during the attack has slammed train staff who he claims locked themselves in an office away from the attacker and refused to help the trapped passengers."
You’re not wrong.
There is a reason people are not trained to respond with force boils down to control. If people start getting the strange and radical idea that they can take care of business themselves, then they might start asking other hard questions like: “why the hell do I need police protection when I can protect myself just fine? “ or worse: “why the hell do I need to pay all these worthless politicians to sit around with their thumbs up their arses?”
Can’t have the populace getting all uppity.
ROTFLMAO... BEST COMMENT OF THE DAY
These guys are to be commended for their quick thinking and lack of putting self first. Although, to be honest they did the best thing for self-survival too.
I feel like high-fiving someone...
Okay... okay...
I’ll do better next time.
You’re right too. Whatever you’ve got, use it.
Oh come on, you've been around awhile now what do you expect from the french? Haven't you heard the old joke:
For sale, french foreign legion rifle circa WWII. Never fired, dropped once.
Heard some TEEN from California was getting a lot of credit for the take down?
I would be curious to know if these staff members also belong to the shooter’s mohammedan cult.
He’s not a teen, he’s a middle-school-and-since friend of the two GI’s, was traveling with them, and charged the terrorist/robber/whatever/gunman with them.
Good job on all their parts, of course. Hey, and Mr. O even said they did a good job! Wow!
OS
One thing we know about life, no one gets out alive. If you are going down, might as well be doing something good as you go. Taking an honor guard to hell seems a good idea to me.
And every now and again, the good guys win. :)Even if they are Air Force, Army National Guard, a college student, a businessman, and the poor bastard who happened to be outside the restroom door when the bad guy popped out. From the reports, he also tried to stop the gunman, and did distract him long enough for the others to get close enough to take him down.
OS
I agree with your take on it.
I was a young man in the early ‘70’s, remember the terrorist attacks on airlines and such. Not so young in the ‘80’s and ‘90’s and subsequent years. Very strongly remember photos of a mural of Iraqi-flagged airliners flying into the Twin Towers from one of Saddam’s command posts taken by our guys in the 2nd Persian Gulf War.
I was part of the 1st Persian Gulf War, and most of us were pretty pissed off when we got pulled out with the job half-finished. More so when we had to send younger cousins and brothers and such back again.
WRM, MSgt, USAF(Ret.)
1973-1997
AKA Old Student
It was a pleasure and a privilege. Mostly, anyway. I did have to grow up a bit, which was sometimes challenging, and learn to do right. My oldest daughter is currently on active duty with the US Navy. I fear for her, and her shipmates. And my surviving cousins, some of whom are still in the military, as well.
OS
The military is a rude awakening for some people.
I’m glad it was a positive experience for you.
There are some folks who can’t cope with it, or at least they always screw things up to the point they gain nothing much from it.
Best wishes to your family members still in.
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