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Military struggles to answer how many extremists are in ranks
The Washington Post by way of The Hour ^ | February 9, 2021 | Missy Ryan, Paul Sonne and Razzan Nakhlawi

Posted on 02/09/2021 10:27:25 PM PST by familyop

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin faces an early test as he races to advance a major initiative targeting far-right extremism in the ranks,...the nation's first African American Pentagon chief...Historical data from outside the government has suggested a correlation between military experience and right-wing terrorism. An academic analysis published in 2011 by the Justice Department's Terrorism Research and Analysis Project found that right-wing terrorists have been significantly more likely to have military experience...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: leftwingterrorists; veterans
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To: familyop

If someone is a democrat party member, that person is an extremist.


41 posted on 02/10/2021 2:58:26 AM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: familyop

Hmmm. How many soldiers will keep their oath to protect the Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic.

I wonder. I wonder how they will be discharged.


42 posted on 02/10/2021 3:43:58 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something)
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To: familyop

How will we the people know that they have successfully rooted out these infiltrated extremists? We will see large banners proclaiming the party line, slogans encouraging correct thought, officials handing out shit pocket sized books holding the correct thoughts as written by the current Resident or Xi Jinping.


43 posted on 02/10/2021 4:02:24 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: teeman8r

By the time Deep State is finished, we will no longer have a military.

We’ll have a Praetorian Guard.


44 posted on 02/10/2021 4:03:39 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: familyop

45 posted on 02/10/2021 4:10:08 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: StoneWall Brigade

See 45.

We’re in big trouble when the military wants to kick out members who swear to obey the military oath they took to defend the constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.


46 posted on 02/10/2021 4:11:57 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: familyop
"...a correlation between military experience and right-wing terrorism."

More LibTaint hijacking of the truth to fit narrative.

"a correlation between military experience and Patriotism." which LibTaints see as right-wing terrorism.

47 posted on 02/10/2021 4:11:58 AM PST by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: familyop

anybody seriously questioning such a thing identifies themselves as a peculiar kind of anti-American “extremists”


48 posted on 02/10/2021 4:15:57 AM PST by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible)
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To: familyop

Every single liberal. Count them.


49 posted on 02/10/2021 4:50:21 AM PST by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: mewzilla

they will have the Praetorian Guard, we will have the military. there is a difference there, and they can only trust so many to keep their allegiance.


50 posted on 02/10/2021 4:53:46 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something)
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To: teeman8r

We won’t be allowed a military.

Just like we soon won’t have police.


51 posted on 02/10/2021 4:55:31 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: familyop
The Thirty Tyrants The deal that the American elite chose to make with China has a precedent in the history of Athens and Sparta
52 posted on 02/10/2021 4:59:22 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: mewzilla

the military are the people... who will be kicked out and very motivated.


53 posted on 02/10/2021 5:09:35 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something)
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To: familyop

Probably 65-70%, based on who they vote for and their criteria (Did they vote for Trump or Republicans, do they own personal firearms, do they think BLM and ANTIFA are sham movements).


54 posted on 02/10/2021 5:16:15 AM PST by Thunder90 (All posts soley represent my own opinion.)
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To: Thunder90

Also, anyone who is a combat veteran is also not to be trusted. Especially if they supported Republicans during that time.


55 posted on 02/10/2021 5:17:36 AM PST by Thunder90 (All posts soley represent my own opinion.)
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To: familyop

“Their objective is obviously to make our military forces resemble something like Antifa and BLM”

AND soon to be the tens of thousands illegals crashing our borders and given amnesty. Make no mistake, this is coming.


56 posted on 02/10/2021 5:29:11 AM PST by Toespi
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To: Travis McGee

How do we square the oath the military takes, with the Biden coup that seemingly morphed the country into a banana republic?


57 posted on 02/10/2021 5:44:40 AM PST by delchiante
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To: Bearshouse

Back in the day (’64) I aced every test, got four 96s where 96 was the max score. Was promised my choice of career field. Went in, through induction and all the testing then came “career day”. They sat me down with some sargeant who said your choices are IT, MP, or cook. I said MP (my dad was an MP). He said no, you don’t understand, your choices are IT, MP, or cook; in that order. I said, OK, MP.
He said, Son, you’re going to IT school. If you fail that you’ll go to MP school, if you fail that you’ll be a cook. Those are your choices, in that order, dismissed.
I got my choice, which was IT. I had no idea what IT was. Computers were only sci-fi in ‘64.


58 posted on 02/10/2021 6:53:59 AM PST by .44 Special (Tiamid Buacach!)
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I got my choice, which was IT.

Funny way to give you a choice. I would be thrilled if he were offered IT training. Perhaps politics wouldn't ruin you if you were talented and useful.

59 posted on 02/10/2021 7:34:45 AM PST by Bearshouse
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To: familyop

My understanding is that the military is ignoring Austin.


60 posted on 02/10/2021 7:39:13 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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