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Marines being mobilized in response to LA protests

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Re: Marines being mobilized in response to LA protests

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Post by acdha »

zzgo wrote: post #35
acdha wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m not sure that’s true any more. I know a few vets and it was definitely thought-provoking to hear a Marine who’d been in the thick of Fallujah react to some police shooting by noting that they had stricter rules about use of force because the top brass wanted to get the Iraqi people on their side.

I suspect that the current administration isn't concerned about winning the hearts and minds of Angelenos.

Very true, but I don’t think there’s been enough time to completely reverse years of training.

Re: Marines being mobilized in response to LA protests

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Post by tylerflick »

legitster wrote: post #14

Soldiers, especially Marines, are trained to follow orders and kill. They are not specialists in de-escalation or crowd control. Here's hoping this is purely an optics play and they are only there to waste money and incite nationalism. Because if this escalates in any way and the US military turns on Americans, its hard to understate how bad things could get.

Not saying I agree with the deployment, but as someone who was in this gun club this isn’t true at all and hasn’t been for some time. IIRC basic de-escalation was taught in recruit training.

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Post by hackernoops »

legitster wrote: post #14

Soldiers, especially Marines, are trained to follow orders and kill. They are not specialists in de-escalation or crowd control. Here's hoping this is purely an optics play and they are only there to waste money and incite nationalism. Because if this escalates in any way and the US military turns on Americans, its hard to understate how bad things could get.

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Post by tdeck »

mohaine wrote: post #44
tdeck wrote: post #31

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When I Google BF60 I get a boat motor. What does it mean in this context?

Guessing this: https://www.firework-shop.de/BF60S-Handlichtfackel-Signalfac...

Thanks! So it's a German road flare. No way I would have found that.

Re: Marines being mobilized in response to LA protests

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Post by hackernoops »

sh34r wrote: post #11

I wonder how many civilians will be disappeared before a Dem governor finds their balls and musters the state militia. There’s millions of patriots out there just waiting for the call to action. This nonviolent shit will get you killed. MLK was a gun owner. If that kind of talk worries you, consider how much uglier it will be when the good people of LA form unregulated militias instead. Do you really want to see Ruby…

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Re: Marines being mobilized in response to LA protests

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Post by vjvjvjvjghv »

This is probably an unpopular opinion but I would like politicians on the left to speak up about the rioting and burning of stuff at the current protests and also the Tesla and George Floyd protests. It doesn’t help the cause if we allow some assholes to destroy stuff. Basically they are giving people like Trump an excuse to deploy force and a lot of people will agree. I can’t see what is achieved by burning cars and stores.
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