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Army Boss: Letting Soldiers Defend Themselves from Terrorists "Causes More Problems Than it Solves"
FrontPage Mag ^ | July 17, 2015 | Daniel Greenfield

Posted on 07/17/2015 11:04:07 AM PDT by Perseverando

Ladies and gentlemen, the modern military where our best weapons is tolerance, our strength is diversity and gun control is the answer to fighting terrorists.

The Tennessean reports that Abdulazeez pulled in front of a recruiting location, shared by various military branches, and shot holes through the “doors and glass… [of] the… Air Force, Navy and Marine offices.” He allegedly did this while sitting in his car.

Ironically, one of the earliest post-attack photos of the recruiting center shows shattered glass and bullet holes by the very sign that designated the office a gun free zone.

But don't get any ideas about actually arming our people.

The Army's top officer says security at military recruiting and reserve centers will be reviewed, but it's too early to say whether the facilities should have security guards or other increased protection.

Gen. Ray Odierno, chief of staff of the Army, told reporters Friday that arming troops in those offices could cause more problems than it might solve.

Odierno said there are legal issues involved in allowing troops at the centers to carry guns.

Just think of the Islamophobia it might cause if they actually shot a terrorist.

It's too early to say whether a pattern of Muslim terrorist attacks aimed at recruiting centers requires action. But the gun-free recruiting center is certainly an ad for a modern military in which soldiers aren't allowed to defend themselves against Muslim terrorism.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Tennessee; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abdulazeez; banglist; chattanooga; greenfield; guncontrol; iran; marines; tennessee; usmc; waronterror
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To: Perseverando
Let me see if I have this right:

1. The military should not be armed.

2. Illegals should get Obamacare.

3. If Socialist politicians say that the Earth is warming and this is the hottest year ever, but facts show that it's been cooling for over a decade. Then we are to conclude that the Earth is warming.

4. If Socialist politicians say that man made Climate Change is real, but 31,000 Scientists and the founder of the Weather Channel say that it's a hoax, then we are supposed to believe that it is real.

5. If the many muslims who shoot Americans are to be considered “acting alone”, but if one racist nut shoots a church full of black Christians the conclusion is that all white people are racist.

6. If a white person kills a black person, that's news for the lamestream media. If there are dozens of attacks by black people against white people (usually several against one), that's not news.

Got it.

Liberalism is a mental disease.

21 posted on 07/17/2015 11:14:13 AM PDT by PATRIOT1876
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To: Perseverando
“Gen. Ray Odierno, chief of staff of the Army, told reporters Friday that arming troops in those offices could cause more problems than it might solve.

Great. Then they certainly as h@ll better not be carrying any weapons during Jade Helm. Wanna bet?

22 posted on 07/17/2015 11:15:20 AM PDT by IAMNO1 (Enough with the divisions. Lets get somebody in there who'll fix this mess.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

I don’t know.. I hear those queens can get quite bitchy and mean.


23 posted on 07/17/2015 11:16:20 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: Perseverando
Odierno said there are legal issues involved in allowing troops at the centers to carry guns.

Go ahead, explain these legal issues. We'll be patient and wait.

24 posted on 07/17/2015 11:18:28 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: Perseverando

A solder without a weapon is like a cop with out a weapon....a target that can not defend themselves


25 posted on 07/17/2015 11:19:53 AM PDT by tophat9000 (SCOTUS=Newspeak)
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To: Perseverando

They’ll probably hire the same armed guards who grow fat in Social Security offices and IRS offices.


26 posted on 07/17/2015 11:20:04 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Jack Hammer
I am beyond angry at this. When he said: "...Letting Soldiers Defend Themselves from Terrorists "Causes More Problems Than it Solves..." I thought for sure he was referring to our troops in hostile foreign countries under active enemy fire with the ROE they have been saddled with...

But I guess it is the same thing at home, then.

27 posted on 07/17/2015 11:22:01 AM PDT by rlmorel ("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant.Buy into it,)
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To: PATRIOT1876

Orwellian.


28 posted on 07/17/2015 11:22:17 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Perseverando
Those were state facilities. The DOJ had joint jurisdiction. The drunk troops in the dorms do not need to shoot up the place. The place should have had armed guards. Where were they? Service in the reserves isn't a suicide pact.
29 posted on 07/17/2015 11:22:51 AM PDT by Domangart
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To: Perseverando
Any general who would support soldiers defending themselves has already been purged from the military by Obama.

-PJ

30 posted on 07/17/2015 11:23:01 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Perseverando

Don’t know who this guy is but he obviously likes the taste of boot leather.


31 posted on 07/17/2015 11:23:12 AM PDT by Dick Bachert (This entire "administration" has been a series of Reischstag Fires. We know how that turned out!)
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To: Perseverando
Headline should have read: Army boss is an effete capon.
32 posted on 07/17/2015 11:23:51 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: kingu

Don’t hold your breath. Odierno’s babble was merely a placeholder, because he was asked a question the White House had not briefed him to answer. You have to remember that to rise that high in the Army, he had to be somewhat of a politician. [Insert bad joke here.]


33 posted on 07/17/2015 11:25:13 AM PDT by Pecos (What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly.)
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To: SZonian

The Swiss army(armed) vs our Swiss cheese army(shot full of holes)


34 posted on 07/17/2015 11:25:41 AM PDT by tophat9000 (SCOTUS=Newspeak)
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To: Perseverando

How did this idiot become a general?


35 posted on 07/17/2015 11:27:08 AM PDT by mulligan (I)
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To: Perseverando

Society is becoming so effeminate soon it will be unable to defend itself.


36 posted on 07/17/2015 11:30:48 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Perseverando

This is satire, is it not? I don’t have time to read this.


37 posted on 07/17/2015 11:31:23 AM PDT by odawg
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To: Perseverando

Gen. Ray Odierno pillow bier.


38 posted on 07/17/2015 11:31:38 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Perseverando

Think he is admitting here that the US has enlisted a lot of Muslims into our military.


39 posted on 07/17/2015 11:31:55 AM PDT by justa-hairyape (The use of the name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: Perseverando

Above the rank of Lt. Colonel, they’re pretty much all politicians, not soldiers.


40 posted on 07/17/2015 11:34:03 AM PDT by ozzymandus
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