Is France Setting A Bad Example?
Nov 17, 2015 3:32:15 GMT
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Post by Ozarks Tom on Nov 17, 2015 3:32:15 GMT
This is a two part problem I'd like some input on.
First, okay I get it, France needed to shut down borders and set up checkpoints in a hurry. They needed more guns than what the police have, so they brought out the troops. They started a curfew, not sure why, but it's what governments do when they get rattled. The raids on suspected terrorists is taking a lot of manpower, so the troops are doing a lot of the heavy lifting. The unofficial martial law, known as a "State of Emergency" was to last maybe a week, but now President Hollande is going to the Parliament asking for an extension of the SoE for another 90 days. From the reports I've heard he'll get it.
Why the need for an extension? Did they need an emergency to raid the suspected terrorists? Reports are they found everything from fully auto AK-47s to a rocket launcher. If they had these people under surveillance why not roust them long ago? It's announced they did about 160 raids in France and Belgium yesterday and today. Are they planning on that many for the next 90 days?
Second, and here's where my devious (paranoid?) mind comes into play. We can pretty much assume we'll have an incident of at least this magnitude, probably bigger in this country. We've already seen the type of military style police action in Boston when they were looking for just one man, imagine several cities with multiple events. The NDAA allows the President to lock the country down under certain "State of Emergency" (there's than phrase again) conditions. Well, there's the condition. The FBI said months ago they had over 1000 investigations going on people with suspected connections to terrorists. It might take a week to round most of those folks up.
Now, how far a stretch is it to assume they'd expand the definition of terrorist to include what they've called "domestic terrorists" in the past? Their definition includes everything from veterans to people who openly support following the Constitution. If, for instance, due to the public outrage towards muslims and their masacre of hundreds of Americans, some yokels start shooting convenience store clerks and setting fire to mosques. Would that be cause enough to start rounding up patriots? With today's databases, a checkpoint could routinely stop someone, put their name through the database, and if you've bought bulk ammo, dried foods, and candles you're hauled off?
I don't put it past this administration to allow a series to muslim terrorist attacks to get the ball rolling. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a 911 truther, I think those Saudis were really that good, and we were really that bad. But at the same time my trust in our government is below water, and I think obama could walk under a snake's belly with a hat on. Does anyone else see how easily the situation could be expanded?
First, okay I get it, France needed to shut down borders and set up checkpoints in a hurry. They needed more guns than what the police have, so they brought out the troops. They started a curfew, not sure why, but it's what governments do when they get rattled. The raids on suspected terrorists is taking a lot of manpower, so the troops are doing a lot of the heavy lifting. The unofficial martial law, known as a "State of Emergency" was to last maybe a week, but now President Hollande is going to the Parliament asking for an extension of the SoE for another 90 days. From the reports I've heard he'll get it.
Why the need for an extension? Did they need an emergency to raid the suspected terrorists? Reports are they found everything from fully auto AK-47s to a rocket launcher. If they had these people under surveillance why not roust them long ago? It's announced they did about 160 raids in France and Belgium yesterday and today. Are they planning on that many for the next 90 days?
Second, and here's where my devious (paranoid?) mind comes into play. We can pretty much assume we'll have an incident of at least this magnitude, probably bigger in this country. We've already seen the type of military style police action in Boston when they were looking for just one man, imagine several cities with multiple events. The NDAA allows the President to lock the country down under certain "State of Emergency" (there's than phrase again) conditions. Well, there's the condition. The FBI said months ago they had over 1000 investigations going on people with suspected connections to terrorists. It might take a week to round most of those folks up.
Now, how far a stretch is it to assume they'd expand the definition of terrorist to include what they've called "domestic terrorists" in the past? Their definition includes everything from veterans to people who openly support following the Constitution. If, for instance, due to the public outrage towards muslims and their masacre of hundreds of Americans, some yokels start shooting convenience store clerks and setting fire to mosques. Would that be cause enough to start rounding up patriots? With today's databases, a checkpoint could routinely stop someone, put their name through the database, and if you've bought bulk ammo, dried foods, and candles you're hauled off?
I don't put it past this administration to allow a series to muslim terrorist attacks to get the ball rolling. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a 911 truther, I think those Saudis were really that good, and we were really that bad. But at the same time my trust in our government is below water, and I think obama could walk under a snake's belly with a hat on. Does anyone else see how easily the situation could be expanded?