I haven't read anything by AJ...don't know anything about him except what's posted in this thread...but I watched and listened to the video of Sgt. Downing explaining why they NEEDED the MRAP to combat all the bad guys that had the "totally different weaponry" and because a lot of the veterans returning had the knowledge to build IED's and defeat law enforcement techniques". Alex Jones didn't say that...the SWAT commander said it, and there's no way to spin it to where he isn't saying he's worried about OUR veterans using their military training as a threat to defeat himself and his crew. That's just more of the US vs.THEM mentality showing itself, and using that "it's all about us being able to go home safe at night so it's worth whatever the price we have to pay" cliché to justify his attitude. He and AJ are both probably idiots...but Sgt. Downing has the "tank".The Annoyed Man wrote:Exactly. If it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck........
Look, I agree that there are severe systemic issues in this government of ours, and those issues are going to take fairly radical solutions to fix........but they are only radical if you think that the Founders were "radical". But that said, there are some media outlets on the conservative/libertarian side of things (of which I am a part) which make the rest of us look bad just because those media outlets are just so bizarre. Alex Jones is squarely in the middle of that bizarreness.
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- Tue May 20, 2014 8:42 am
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Re: Police Now “Armed For War” Against Returning Veterans
Sgt. Downing...SWAT team commander..." The weaponry is totally different now than it was at the beginning of my career". In WHAT way?? The guy looks to be in his mid 30's-40 yo... that means his career started sometime in last 15-20 years max...as far as I know, there are no "new" weapons available to the civilian population in the last 40 years other than the deadly "assault rifles" and they've been around since before he was born.
All the vets that came out of WWII and Vietnam also were capable of handling explosives and military weapons and yet no one considered them a threat to OUR country.
The most telling statement to me is later when he says " it's about making sure we go home safe at night, so no matter what the cost, it's worth it." That's the answer thrown out to cut off any questions about WHY domestic police departments need SWAT teams using military combat equipment and techniques...they must be kept safe from the civilians.
All the vets that came out of WWII and Vietnam also were capable of handling explosives and military weapons and yet no one considered them a threat to OUR country.
The most telling statement to me is later when he says " it's about making sure we go home safe at night, so no matter what the cost, it's worth it." That's the answer thrown out to cut off any questions about WHY domestic police departments need SWAT teams using military combat equipment and techniques...they must be kept safe from the civilians.