On several occasions over the past few years I've thrown
the following observation - and question - out:
With tens of thousands of skilled, combat-tested veterans
out there - some still active, others serving in the reserves, the majority however
now discharged and living their lives simply as "veterans" - frankly,
I'm amazed that there hasn't been a rash of political assassinations in this
country over the past decade.
"Why," I wonder?
It's certainly a fair question given the fact that anyone
who pays attention and gives a damn knows that 22 veterans per day exhibit the
ultimate sign that they've been "damaged" via committing suicide.
Imagine... the pain... physical or mental anguish...
being so extreme that it pushes one to suicide - the ultimate "anti-social"
act of "escape."
Why suicide and not homicide?
The anger many feel against our government and its masters is palpable. The polls bear me out on this. Americans hate our Congress.
Only 11% of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing. And beyond our communal
contempt for Congress, Americans increasingly distrust the media... the
courts... academia... and view government as a whole as incompetent and
irresponsible at best, corrupt and venial at worst.
So... why haven't American politicians been targeted for
violence?
Yes, yes, there was the Gabby Giffords shooting. But that
was not "political" as such. (At least that's the story we've been
told by government and media.) Indeed, the shooter, Jared Leigh Loughner, was
initially diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and deemed incompetent to stand
trial - though later (August 2012), absent much media coverage, he was judged
competent to stand trial and at the hearing he plead guilty to 19 counts and
was sentenced to life plus 140 years in federal prison.
Now, in 2016, year eight of "The Age of Obama,"
we've suffered a rash of political assassinations - only the targets... the
victims... haven't been the politicians and government officials whom so many
hate and whom it's fair to say the majority of our citizenry feels a fair
amount of contempt for and anger and disgust toward. No. The targets... the
victims... have been police officers.
Rightly or wrongly, many Americans feel Barack Obama and
the Left bear some responsibility for what's been going on... for the murders
of police officers. Both Obama and Hillary Clinton have often voiced support
for the "Black Lives Matter" Movement (BLM).
Ponder this my friends: The Dallas shooter was a black
army veteran. The Baton Rouge was a black marine veteran. Both shootings were
driven by politics, ideology, and racial disenchantment.
Again, folks... the "tone" we've gotten out of
the Obama White House, the Lynch (and before that the Holder) Justice
Department, and the Left in general is clearly one of sympathy for the false
narrative that "the white power structure," "the blue power
structure," unfairly and unjustly targets blacks (and to a lesser extent
Hispanics).
Of course neither President Obama nor his allies and
supporters in positions of power "justify" the ambushes... the
assassinations... but back to that "tone"... clearly neither Obama
nor Hillary Clinton see BLM as a problem - much less some sort of "insurgent
movement." Indeed... Obama has invited BLM leaders to the White House!
I poise this question: "What's next?"
Back to the tens of thousands of skilled, highly-trained
veterans out there - and the hundreds of thousands of armed law enforcement
personnel (not to mention millions of retired cops - most no doubt possessing
weapons and retaining the skills they were once practiced in) who have no doubt
been following "incidents" such as Dallas and Baton Rouge with horror;
what if a certain percentage of them decide that the only way to protect their brothers
in blue and the greater society is to "fight fire with fire?"
What if a new "movement" emerges - call it
"Blue Lives Matter," or BlLM for short?
What if misguided actors identifying with BlLM start
targeting... black politicians?
Yes, I know, most of you are probably thinking
"Barack Obama." After all, he's the most powerful black politician
in the country... in the world. But, no... I'm actually not thinking of the
President. I'm thinking of the aforementioned Attorney General Lynch... former
Attorney General Holder... members of the Congressional Black Caucus.
Apparently some small minority on the Left - and within
the "Black Community" - want to see a race war break out on the streets
of America. Many Americans believe this race war is already here. What if those who
believe "Blue Lives Matter" answer their challenge with "an eye for an
eye, a tooth for a tooth?"
What if in "retaliation" for the murders of
policemen the next assassination target is... Al Sharpton... or Jesse Jackson?
And what if such targeting is successful?
Folks... I pose the questions the media and the
politicians won't.
I'm not calling for this. I'm simply pondering the sheer
numbers of serving military members, reservists, veterans, police officers,
retired police officers, and plain ol' armed citizens here in America and wondering
"What happens if a mere fraction of 1% of these people become
"radicalized" in the same way self-described "domestic
terrorists" and those targeting our police officers have been
"radicalized?"
Frankly... I'm worried.
I can't imagine that sooner or later senseless violence
won't be "countered" with more senseless violence - only this time in
"retaliation."
No one wants a race war. (Or do they...???)
No one wants political and ideological
"warfare" to descend into actual warfare. (Or do they?)
The Left is playing a very dangerous "game."
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