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Originally posted by LadyGreenEyes
Originally posted by CX
reply to post by AceOfAces
The more i think about this, the more i just cannot see why they have to do it in a US city?
In my experience, if you want a training facility to train in that is similar to the one you will be operating in, you have one built that accomodates the similarities. If these guys are the best of the best, they have the budget to do this!...
Build a facility??? What, build an entire fake city? You planning to pay the HUGE tax increases for that? We have the budget, do we??? Gee, and here I thought the reason the troops don't have all the supplies they need, and our benefits have been butchered, and the pay is so low, it's a joke, was a lack of budget. Unbelievable.....
Originally posted by Dinamo
I don't understand paranoia in USA.
Why are you affraid of your own army?
maybe USA should enforce 1 year obligation serving in army for citizens. and maybe then they will care more for their country and maybe then they will respect army more.
Originally posted by Dinamo
I don't understand paranoia in USA.
Why are you affraid of your own army?
i have a feeling every time an american soldier is near citizens they are afraid.
I come from country in which we all served army, so we are used to military and know that only people that will really protect you when crap happens are them. not your neighbors, not your politicians, not your friends but army.
only job that has protecting the country with life in descriiption.
maybe USA should enforce 1 year obligation serving in army for citizens. and maybe then they will care more for their country and maybe then they will respect army more.
Originally posted by HunkaHunka
Well it's obvious from the military folks on this thread as well as the folks who live in New Orleans in this thread that the rest of the posters have been duped.
Man, we will fall for anything these days wont we?
Originally posted by stikkinikki
Originally posted by BorgHoffen
What if what happened in Mumbai.
Happened in New Orleans?
If they had no training in urban warfare, like the Indian Special Forces didn't have, then more people would die.
If what happened in Mumbai happened in NO, it would be over in an hour.
Indian Special Forces are good, but don't have much Urban warfare training.
They are used to fighting Pakistan in the desert.
This is why it took them so long to deal with what happened.
Bingo! This is what it's about in my opinion. It's the new tactic by Al Quesa. The terrorists know they can wreck havoc with just 4-12 guys armed to the teeth in an area with a high concentration of people. Everyone knows its easy to get a gun in America if you want to. Just drive to the Virginia countryside or somewhere else and get someone to trust you and want money at the same time.
The wrench in that theory is that I think they will find more private citizens and security firms packing heat than they did in Mumbai. Our police are better equiped as well.
The terrorists also know that they are sitting ducks fighting their foes in landscapes like they have in Iraq. In urban areas they would be able to cause a certain amount of destruction and then put at risk their victims from collateral damage as the good guys come in to take them out in a hostage type situation.
As the economy tightens maybe an increase in gang warfare is predicted and the training is preparing to take the gangs out before the intra gang violence spreads to the general public. It would be demoralizing to see increasing reports of gang violence victimizing ordinary citizens more than they already do.
We don't hear about MS-13 anymore but last we heard they were spreading up the eastern seaboard.
Or China is going to invade....
Originally posted by RFBurns
Get out and get some fresh air folks.
Honestly, I think that's the worst thing that we could do. I have friends and family who are in the military and I, for one, don't want the guy that's supposed to be watching their back to be some snot-nosed brat who thinks they are too good to be there. I want the guy who wants to be in the military to be the one watching out for them.
Originally posted by RFBurns
If there was ever an invasion of this country, your going to want the military to be able to precisely target and eliminate those invaders now wouldnt you?
Or would it be better to just carpet bomb everything and wipe out thousands of innocents to take out 20 or so invasion troops?
Originally posted by tenhearttkc
My brother who is in the Military said he and anyone he has served with would NEVER turn on the people in his country.
He is in the Military to protect the people in his country even if it means protecting us from any ruthless politician.
Originally posted by LoneGunMan
Originally posted by RFBurns
If there was ever an invasion of this country, your going to want the military to be able to precisely target and eliminate those invaders now wouldnt you?
Or would it be better to just carpet bomb everything and wipe out thousands of innocents to take out 20 or so invasion troops?
You tell me of any country, or the entire planet combined that can put troops on this nations soil and not get destroyed before they get halfway across the ocean.
Every nation knows they cannot invade our territory with troops. Our navy will not have any problems dispatching anyone's invasion force. This is training for taking out future American revolutionary positions and for getting people used to being militarized.
Why do you think all the police look like the military now? Sorry but we are a free nation and do not need our cities have military operations in them. To put up with this, let alone to make excuses is in the least reckless insanity of a brainwashed people.
[edit on 8-2-2009 by LoneGunMan]