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Is Obama making a huge mistake by alienating police force and military?
Posted on 8/23/14 at 8:52 pm
Posted on 8/23/14 at 8:52 pm
I cannot ever remember a president that has continually pissed on the military and law enforcement like he has. Being a lame duck president you would think for his own safety he would at least pretend that he respects them. It may come back to bite him in his arse.
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Posted on 8/23/14 at 8:58 pm to ab55
I thought it was the opposite. It seems that the Feds are equipping the local police with weapons that they have never had before.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 8:59 pm to ab55
I'm confused. I've seen other loons on here implying that the Ferguson thing might have been an inside job and the gov. helped start the unrest so they could give the police more power and more weapons to help create the police state.
Make up you minds people.
Make up you minds people.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 9:00 pm to ab55
quote:What?
I cannot ever remember a president that has continually pissed on the military and law enforcement like he has. Being a lame duck president you would think for his own safety he would at least pretend that he respects them. It may come back to bite him in his arse.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 9:00 pm to Traffic Circle
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I thought it was the opposite. It seems that the Feds are equipping the local police with weapons that they have never had before.
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President Obama has directed a review of federal programs and funding that allow state and local law-enforcement agencies to acquire surplus military equipment, a senior administration official said Saturday.
The review will include whether the programs are appropriate, if the agencies are getting enough training and guidance to use the equipment and whether the federal government is sufficiently auditing the use of the equipment.
The president hinted Monday that a review was likely in the aftermath of an unarmed Ferguson, Mo., teen being fatally shot by a police officer, which was followed by local law enforcement using military equipment to try to control the ensuing protests and riots.
“I think it's probably useful for us to review how the funding has gone, how local law enforcement has used grant dollars, to make sure that what they’re purchasing is stuff that they actually need, because there is a big difference between our military and our local law enforcement and we don't want those lines blurred,” Obama said.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 9:09 pm to ab55
The plan is to tear our country apart and it is happening right before our eyes.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 9:11 pm to ab55
The question posed in the OP has a faulty premise.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 9:11 pm to BlackHelicopterPilot
It's only a review. 
You know what review means in a authoritarian mindset.
You know what review means in a authoritarian mindset. Posted on 8/23/14 at 9:12 pm to BamaScoop
quote:
The plan is to tear our country apart
Who's plan is this?
Posted on 8/23/14 at 9:12 pm to ab55
This is the only issue I have agreed on with this scumbag since he was elected, the police havee zero business with tanks and military gear, they don't have the training or need to play army.
This post was edited on 8/23/14 at 9:25 pm
Posted on 8/23/14 at 9:13 pm to Da Sheik
I take no responsibility for the veracity of the reports or the quotes contained therein
Posted on 8/23/14 at 9:13 pm to Strannix
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tanks
My def. of tanks and your's might be a little different.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 9:27 pm to notiger1997
Ok tracked APC's smartass
This post was edited on 8/23/14 at 9:30 pm
Posted on 8/23/14 at 10:36 pm to ab55
The military didn't have much use for Clinton, either.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 10:42 pm to ab55
The military's opinion of the president means exactly jack shite. Their job is to obey his lawful orders, whether they love him or hate him. If they start basing their performance on whether they agree with the commander in chief, this country is fricked.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 10:43 pm to ab55
The military blindly supports republicans as much as inner city dwellers blindly support democrats. Nothing Obama does could change that fact or cause him to "lose credibility" that he never had in the first place.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 10:46 pm to SirWinston
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The military blindly supports republicans as much as inner city dwellers blindly support democrats. Nothing Obama does could change that fact or cause him to "lose credibility" that he never had in the first place.
Much of the military, and particularly the junior enlisted, doesn't give two fricks about politics.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 10:48 pm to Jim Rockford
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Much of the military, and particularly the junior enlisted, doesn't give two fricks about politics.
Perhaps, but the military as a whole still votes solidly Republican.
This post was edited on 8/23/14 at 10:49 pm
Posted on 8/23/14 at 10:57 pm to BlackHelicopterPilot
When there is a crisis, isn't "President Obama has directed a review" standard practice for the Big O?
Its either a lawsuit or a review.
Its either a lawsuit or a review.
Posted on 8/23/14 at 11:18 pm to Jim Rockford
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Much of the military, and particularly the junior enlisted, doesn't give two fricks about politics.
Not true at all. Much of the military and vastly jr enlisted blindly support republicans.
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