Obama asks military leaders if they will fire on U.S. citizens

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  1. mikezila

    mikezila New Member

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    http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/16/napolitano-stands-rightwing-extremism/?page=all

     
  2. The Wyrd of Gawd

    The Wyrd of Gawd Well-Known Member

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    That George Washington guy didn't have any qualms about blowing out malcontents brains in the Whiskey Rebellion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion

    Repub Hoover and McArthur weren't reluctant to bust heads in the Bonus Army of 1932. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army

    The Ohio NG didn't mind blasting Kent State students in 1970.

    Remember, the federal government (the President) gets to decide who the domestic enemies are. If you end up on that list you may get shot.
     
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    Professor Peabody Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Obama's killed far more with drones than bushy ever did and BTW GITMO is still open. But as long as he's blasting Europeans, I'm OK with it.
     
  5. camp_steveo

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    I was Army Infantry for 6 years with multiple deployments to the ME, and it is my experience that West Point officers are predominately exceptional leaders.

    It must be a great place to get an education. It's just too bad that our govt abuses the military with undeclared aggressive wars.
     
  6. Burzmali

    Burzmali Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    He's an American citizen held without trial for 5 years, something you claimed wasn't allowed until Obama.
     
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    i doubt they ever would, especially under Obama.
     
  8. leftysergeant

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    Pulled out of somebody's butt, as I suspected all along.

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    Not really.
     
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    You don't really think the black Boy Wonder earned that Peace Prize do you?
     
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    Let's see....this thread.....and then there's the thread about military helicopters doing firing missions over downtown Miami during a Heat game......
     
  12. leftysergeant

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    Everything that I have seen presented as evidence of "FEMA camps" is hogwash. Alex Jones and that brain damaged twit Ventura are out of their minds.

    Their audience is, generally, dimmer in aggregate than Fox Boobs viewers.
     
  13. leftysergeant

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    Here is a hypothetical for you. The outlaw militias rise and occupy Seattle.

    Is the Army going to say, "No, we will not turn our guns on civilians?"

    The threat of RaHoWa may not be great right now, but it is not to be discounted.

    That an Army commander at any level might refuse to commit to battle in such circumstances would be treasonous.
     
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    An act of congress forbade him to close it. So he is not the dictator that the knights in tin foil helmets think he is.
     
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    An act of congress required Obama to get congressional approval for his military intervention in Libya but he ignored it.

    Dictators make up their own laws as they go along.
     
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    A more reasonable hypothetical is crazy Obama voters riot in the streets over some slight - maybe George Zimmerman being declared not guilty - and Obama uses the event as his excuse to declare martial law and suspend the Constitution.

    Would you and the other Obama apologists here support him?

    I think you would.
     
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    Read Clausewitz, the drills make sense for both countries. We have a common enemy and can learn from each other, and may have to fight side-by-side again some day.

    Can you find a link not wrapped in tin foil?
     
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    Tin foil stuff.

    The RaHoWa is the greater threat. There have already been terrorist attacks.
     
  20. Mac-7

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    You might think so if Obama were not training the US military to fire on US citizens as he is in Miami.
     
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    For 4 and a half years all I heard was that Obama was going to be the next Hitler, going to destroy democracy and institute communism and socialism and do away with capitalism. It never happened.

    What are you going to say in 4 years when it doesn't happen again?
     
  22. The Wyrd of Gawd

    The Wyrd of Gawd Well-Known Member

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    Some folks have to repeat the Repub talking points verbatim 24/7 or else they will get beaten. They'll have a lot of new ones in four years.
     
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    It is happening.

    But being a foreigner I would not expect you to know or care.
     
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    Cubed Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I care in as much as it effects my country. And inasmuch as I enjoy debating about it.

    That said, in what way?
     
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    As a Canadian you have no standing in this debate.
     

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