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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 02:51 PM Original message |
Marines Plan Urban Combat Training In Indiana Cities |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. I am uneasy about this |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. You get used to shooting people out of uniform in an urban setting |
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tctctctc (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Well yeah. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. E X A C T L Y , ,, ,!!!! |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. Just wait until gas gets a bit scarcer and pricier |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. nothing else it could be, or feel like... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. What BushCo idiot came up with this idea? |
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ORDagnabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. The citizens of our country need to rise up and put an end to this madness. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 12:44 AM Response to Reply #4 |
47. This is an Exercise in Putting an Uprising Down |
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demnan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. Just in time |
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harcusaurus (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. Wake up! It IS training the military for enforcing martial law |
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diverdownjt (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. You got that right. |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
58. Welcome to DU, harcusaurus. (n/t) |
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greyghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. Just in time for the rioting that they know is coming. No food, shelter or |
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wmbrew0206 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. Oh, CALM DOWN! Every single MEU does this before they deploy |
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Nostradammit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Great! We should do them in every town |
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wmbrew0206 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Whether you like it or not, the soldiers and Marines need certain skills and training |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Whatever |
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Nostradammit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Kiss my red, white, and blue ass |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Are they "protecting my right to say" fuck all in Iraq? |
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wmbrew0206 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Yes, Lynn they are. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Uh no actually, they sure as fuck are not. |
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wmbrew0206 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Actually, Lynn, I've been on the ground in Iraq twice in since '05 so I've gotten my |
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Nostradammit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Are you getting paid by the U.S. Government to post here? |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Its just another Troll with no Bio |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #38 |
59. Bingo! |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 08:06 AM Response to Reply #32 |
49. I get my facts from my US military husband. |
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Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Don't confuse this one with the 'facts' Lynn |
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wmbrew0206 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Yup, cause I'll trust Lynn over my lying eyes |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 08:08 AM Response to Reply #34 |
50. If you still think the US military is in Iraq for anything to do with our "freedoms" |
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wmbrew0206 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 08:51 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Lynn, we're not going to agree on this issue so there is no point in discussing it any further |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 09:09 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. I am against this illegal war of aggression; I want our troops out yesterday; what I REALLY want |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 08:21 AM Response to Reply #33 |
51. Well as we all know, facts have leftwing bias. |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
40. Utter crap! |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 08:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
52. They should train properly then |
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wmbrew0206 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. To answer your post |
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tctctctc (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. It's ILLEGAL to run exercises outside of the bases. |
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wmbrew0206 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. No it is not. It is illegal to use the US military inside the US for offensive action, not exercises |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. Then why do exercises in American cities? (if there are no plans to ever do battle in |
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wmbrew0206 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. Because to do realistic scenarios, you need a very large MOUT facility |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 05:25 AM Response to Reply #43 |
48. I just have never go over the image |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
35. "except in times of crisis" |
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wmbrew0206 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 09:39 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. I won't say never, but it would take a Massive event to even consider operaterating |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
37. That's true. It is illegal. But what people are worrying about... |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 08:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
41. Er, the PC law restricted military use for law enforcement |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #13 |
61. Can you cite the text of the law which forbids this? |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. PLease explain further. Are you saying that 15 years ago they did this? |
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wmbrew0206 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
46. I don't think 15 years, but these exercises have been going on in cities for a long time. |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #46 |
56. Thank-you. According to the definitions, this is standard training then, not something new. |
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wmbrew0206 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 10:10 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I completely understand. If you didn't know this happens twice a |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. Military exercises in shopping malls? |
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tctctctc (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Many Hoosiers are dumbed down. |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
42. The shopping mall cited is no longer open. |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
19. Sometimes I regret having been born a Hoosier |
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Ferd Berfle (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
20. If it walks like a duck..... |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
22. GREAT idea! |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
23. What do the gun control supporters think of this? n/t |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
27. They're also teaching them the "Hi Li Hi Lo" marching song |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
36. This is creepy! |
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Bush_MUST_Go (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 07:30 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. What if the residents stay away from the places these exercises are scheduled? |
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wmbrew0206 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
60. Turned out that this training was a good thing! |
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