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Defense Secretary Calls Turmoil On Americas Streets A Battlespace To DominateDefense Secretary Mark Esper described American streets, which have become the site of protests and riots over the death of unarmed black man George Floyd, as a battlespace to dominate in a call on Monday.
I think the sooner that you mass and dominate the battlespace, the quicker this dissipates and we can get back to the right normal, Esper said in a White House call with governors, according to audio obtained by the Washington Post.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/defense-sec-calls-protests-battlespace
roamer65
(36,739 posts)Get ready for it.
Alacritous Crier
(3,802 posts)Loge23
(3,922 posts)It's coming, whether now, this summer, or in November.
The #IPOTUS wants a fight as long as he can hide far from it.
On his wacked-out call with the governors today, he suggested that protesters be jailed for ten years.
Crazy? Certainly, but he's in charge of the military and law enforcement.
It won't take much for fascism to be officially codified in our country - just a whole lot of blood and bodies. Don't think it can't nor won't happen.
roamer65
(36,739 posts)samsingh
(17,571 posts)katmondoo
(6,454 posts)superpatriotman
(6,232 posts)Chain of command, duty, honor, etc.
Of course they will.
atreides1
(16,046 posts)There is no honor in the US military that fires on the very same American citizens they claim to protect.
Just as there was nothing honorable about the German Einsatzgruppe who murdered Russian Jews...
roamer65
(36,739 posts)grumpyduck
(6,197 posts)The sooner that you mass and dominate the battlespace, the quicker this dissipates.
Oh really.
Setting aside the utterly shocking description of American streets as the battlespace, when was the last time that an armed force successfully managed to dissipate a situation like this by dominating it?
muriel_volestrangler
(101,147 posts)Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)Hmm.
Damn
Skittles
(152,964 posts)we want the LEFT normal
Skraxx
(2,964 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,147 posts)Esper is competent.
"Mass and dominate the battlespace" is what the Chinese PLA did in Tienanmen Square. The USA may need Tank Men to risk their lives.