Bison Bud wrote:
I went ahead and just posted this in the Attic as I don't think it stands much of a chance staying up even here! However, since the anniversary of the Capital I**********n is now a hot news item once again, there's a question I think needs to be answered and it seems to be completely avoided so far. Anyway, why didn't the C*****l P****e use force to stop the invasion once the protestors breeched the Capitol building itself? Surely they have standing orders to protect against any invasion and to use force if needed to do so! Instead, it appears that they generally retreated and let the protesters run rampant inside the Capitol building. Yes this might have increased the death and injury toll, but I personally think that they could have stopped the whole thing in it's tracks if they had just warned the crowd that they would use lethal force if they breeched the building and fired a couple warning shots when and if they tried to. I guess we will never really know if it could have been stopped without actually firing on the crowd, but harsh reality requires harsh reactions and at least to me, it appears that the C*****l P****e were either told to stand down or simply did not do their sworn jobs to protect at all costs and this made the entire situation escalate out of control. Frankly, if told to stand down, then whomever gave that order has some serious questions to answer and it will probably never even come up in any sort of investigation whatsoever. Frankly, these invaders were criminals with violent intentions, yet they were treated with kid gloves rather than dealt with on equal terms. I find that to be rather puzzling to say the least, any comments?
I went ahead and just posted this in the Attic as ... (
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While the C*****l P****e were armed, they were not well armed.
From the pictures I could find, it's not apparent that the C*****l P****e were carrying much extra ammunition on them.
It's interesting to read the reports of weapons brought to the US Capitol Building on J****** 6, 2021.