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Skraxx

(2,964 posts)
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 05:53 PM Jun 2020

Trump Admin Officially Declares War on the American People

Defense Secretary Calls Turmoil On America’s Streets A ‘Battlespace’ To ‘Dominate’

Defense 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
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Trump Admin Officially Declares War on the American People (Original Post) Skraxx Jun 2020 OP
ALL HELL IS GOING TO BREAK LOOSE IF THE MILITARY FIRES ON CIVILIANS. roamer65 Jun 2020 #1
True that. Alacritous Crier Jun 2020 #3
Sooner or later Loge23 Jun 2020 #10
I am fast becoming a separatist. roamer65 Jun 2020 #11
Yes, this. samsingh Jun 2020 #2
I am afraid he will go crazy tonight and fire on the protesters. Will the military do it? katmondoo Jun 2020 #4
Yes superpatriotman Jun 2020 #5
There is no Honor...just murderers in uniform!!!! atreides1 Jun 2020 #8
If they do, it's going to real ugly, real fast. roamer65 Jun 2020 #9
Didn't Stalin kill about six million of his own people? grumpyduck Jun 2020 #6
Jesus EarlG Jun 2020 #7
Tienanmen Square? (nt) muriel_volestrangler Jun 2020 #16
The "right" normal? Solly Mack Jun 2020 #12
we don't WANT the "right normal" Skittles Jun 2020 #13
Here he comes, speaking soon to make it officially official Skraxx Jun 2020 #14
This is scary, because it's not just the orange Bunker Chicken flapping his beak muriel_volestrangler Jun 2020 #15

Loge23

(3,922 posts)
10. Sooner or later
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 06:11 PM
Jun 2020

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.

atreides1

(16,046 posts)
8. There is no Honor...just murderers in uniform!!!!
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 06:07 PM
Jun 2020

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...

EarlG

(21,885 posts)
7. Jesus
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 06:05 PM
Jun 2020

“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)
15. This is scary, because it's not just the orange Bunker Chicken flapping his beak
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 06:50 AM
Jun 2020

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.

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