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Originally Posted by MAB32
Bottom line is I think we are going to have to agree to disagree on this one.  |
Disagree all you like the bottom line is the LEO’s are not trained or equipped to take on terrorists. Hollywood, Waco, Ruby Ridge, and Columbine have already proved (beyond a doubt) the Fed, State and local LEO capabilities. We’re not talking crack-heads or armed robbers, we’re talking terrorists that have but one motivation, to kill.
Let me throw out a phrase the LEO’s do not use, “acceptable losses”. Tell me that the LEO’s will enter a situation knowing they will/might take 10-30% losses? Not a chance.
I never questioned any LEO’s patriotism, I know you guys bleed red and I sleep well knowing you guys (and gals) are on duty 24/7. My point was the military can and will be ordered into a situation where there will be military losses. Civilian LEO’s can quit and walk away at anytime. Don’t tell me that Joe LEO is ready to “close with” twenty- forty AK carrying, bomb wearing, crazed terrorists on the command of his local police chief, that dog ain’t going to hunt.
Disagree all you like, just pray it never happens on US soil with a jimmy carter type in office.
Before you continue may I divert your attention to the paragraphs below, please take a minute to peruse them. This is a sample of what Special Forces soldiers are trained in and prepared to execute on command. (My comments are not derived from staying at a Holiday Inn or reading books on terrorism, I’ve spent a few years working in this field….)
http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/ct.php
“Counterterrorism (CT). These are operations that include the offensive measures taken to prevent, deter, preempt, and respond to terrorism. SOF's role and additive capability is to conduct offensive measures within DOD's overall combatting terrorism efforts. SOF conduct CT missions as special operations by covert, clandestine, or low visibility means. SOF's activities within CT include, but are not limited to, intelligence operations, attacks against terrorist networks and infrastructures, hostage rescue, recovery of sensitive material from terrorist organizations, and non-kinetic activities aimed at the ideologies or motivations that spawn terrorism:
Intelligence Operations. These are operations to collect, exploit, and report information on terrorist organizations, personnel, assets, and/or activities. SOF have the capability to conduct these operations in an overt, covert, and/or clandestine manner.
Network and Infrastructure Attacks. These are operations that involve preemptive strikes against terrorist organizations with the objective of destroying, disorganizing, or disarming terrorist organizations before they can strike targets of national interest.
Hostage or Sensitive Materiel Recovery. These are operations conducted to rescue hostages and/or recover sensitive materiel from terrorist control, requiring capabilities not normally found in conventional military units. The safety of the hostages and preventing destruction of the sensitive materiel are essential mission requirements.
Non-Kinetic Activities. These are actions that are focused on defeating the ideologies or motivations that spawn terrorism by non-kinetic means. These could include, but are not limited to, PSYOP, IO, CA operations, UW and/or FID.”