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2014-07-16 -Land of the Free

Coup du Jour: The Militarization of Daily Life

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Posted by badanov 2014-07-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 These counter-insurgency methods don't work if you don't have the support of the locals.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-07-16 09:46|| 2014-07-16 09:46|| Front Page Top

#2 I should have added, that if you don't have the support of the locals you basically have a police state with increasing pushback.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-07-16 09:47|| 2014-07-16 09:47|| Front Page Top

#3 The Phoenix Program gets a bad rap again. Always by people who don't know what they are talking about. Otherwise spot-on.

Posted by Sgt. D.T. 2014-07-16 11:36|| 2014-07-16 11:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Had an escapee this morning during transport from the local funny farm to somewhere else. Handcuffed.

You would have thought an airliner went down based upon the number of uniformed police and the helicopters (yes, plural), but the turnout was merited owing to the public safety concern.

Then the MRAP arrived...

Posted by Uncle Phester 2014-07-16 22:37|| 2014-07-16 22:37|| Front Page Top

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