THE "MILITARIZATION" OF US LAW ENFORCEMENT
IS THAT REALLY WHAT IS TAKING PLACE?
Before I run down this rabbit hole, let me give a disclaimer here. I spent 32 years of my life with the United States Military, as well as 10 years as a civilian Police Officer in two major cities. I just wanted you to understand those facts in case you find this post slanted. I'll try not to let that happen, but perceptions rule the 21st Century.
For well over a year now, the US media, both corporate and social, has addressed the perception of, " The Militarization of US Law Enforcement!" Police Officers that dress like the military, carry military-style weapons, and even respond, in some circumstances, in military-based vehicles. Is it true? Yes! Surprised I said that? Well, I told you I would try to keep this objective. Now, was some of this transformation necessary? Yes. Was it all based on the adjustments made for 9-11? Yes. Where some of these transformations based upon the changing world that we all live in? Yes. Are criminals more capable than in the past? Yes. Is that due to the number and types of guns on the streets? Yes. Do gun laws work? No! Don't believe me? Take a look at third world nations and see if you spot criminals without guns. If that's not enough for you, take a look at the city of Chicago.....gun laws at every streetcorner, and still killings in mass. Look, here is my point. Law Enforcement in the US, and really, all over the world, has changed.
The questions become:
1. does change come too quickly?
2. Was the change based upon sound logic?
3. Did the public have a vote in the change?
Now, those are the standard questions that should have been addressed, but let me add a level to this discussion that is, in my opinion, overlooked.
4. Who is upset with the changes?
5. Most importantly.......... is someone using this perception issue to their advantage?
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/city-reports-allege-militarized-mindset-in-austin-police-academy/
I read this story yesterday, and I have to tell you, it upset me. It's my opinion, I know, my objectiveness slips right here, that once again, an emotional issue is being hijacked by some group that has an agenda. " Unfund the Police...... Cops are the enforces of the Fascist"....and on and on....! The people who scream about the actions of Law Enforcement the most are the same ones who want to change nearly everything that the US currently operates from. The goal? Well, first the goal is to get those who may not believe everything the movement is saying to believe them, or at least listen to them. The trick? You take a small slice of reality, an event, and you weaponize that event into a perception that people may grab onto. " The US has systemic racism!" A statement based upon the actions of law enforcement in isolated incidents. Look up the stats, ISOLATED! Whoops! Objectivity... I know..I know!
Foundation:
What is the cornerstone of any civil society? Law....Rules..... and the ability to enforce those Laws and Rules in a manner the public agrees to accept. You see, you can write laws, give speeches, and make promises all day long, it's what politicians do. But, when the public agrees to live by those laws, they expect them to be enforced with balance and honor. Honor, a four-letter word in the political arena. So, if you are out to change the power structure, you must attack the credibility of those who are in power. You must paint a picture of what that current leadership is doing to suppress and harm society. One historical way you can achieve that goal is to take an incident and make it your battle cry. Think Arab Spring and a guy who set himself on fire. Or, in the case of the US, think of Floyd. Believe me. that last statement was "Objective."
The instrument of governance tasked with keeping public order is law enforcement. In order to create social disorder, you must damage, even destroy law enforcement...oh.. and by the way...the entire Judicial System will be the next target as well. Historically, the best way to achieve this goal is to have alliances, even if they are temporary. Outside alliance, enemies of the US, competitors at a minimum. Is there a logical link between ANTIFA and BLM? Ah yes...that alliance towards a common goal....well...not really, but it sounds good! Two would-be Kings and one throne! How's that going to work? Anyway, the attack on law enforcement is the issue at hand, and one of the recurring themes is..... you guessed it..... the militarization of law enforcement. But wait....that's not all!!!
The real plot:
The men and women, can we call them women anymore, or did the US congress change that too, of law enforcement are conservative by exposure. If you put on a badge and a gun, and you go work the streets for a few years, you might realize just how "Woke" your mind has become! The bottom line is, the majority of "Cops" are realists. Here is the problem. It's impossible to take power if those who keep the public in check don't support what you are attempting. You can't have a coup with only speech writers. You can't go crack skulls unless the skullcrackers follow you. So, what needs to change? What is it that the ideological Left needs to change? If you said, the forming of law enforcement....BINGO! you go to the front of the class! If you need law enforcement to do your bidding, then you need to eliminate anyone from joining the team that doesn't think like you. Does the article I post the link to start to make sense now? Change who makes up Law Enforcement and you change what law enforcement is willing to do. Right now, the Covid 19 / China Virus / has lead to a stark reality for progressive leadership. Police Departments, Sherrif Departments saying, "no...we will not enforce the Mayor's or Governor's edicts!" Remember, you can't do a coup with writers.
What do I believe:
There is a move afoot in the US to change the academies of the US. Who gets in, what are they taught and how are they told to respond. Change these things and you have changed law enforcement. Demonize the "old ways" and get the public to accept the new. The story from Austin supported a theory I've had for well over a year. I've reached out to good friends like Jaeson Jones and Derek Maltz and the three of us are going to start beating this warning drum! The institution of law enforcement is under attack, and it's not just because of a few isolated events. Those who wish to change the future of the US have identified the real target. Destroy the public's trust in the men and women of law enforcement, go after the judicial system, and the seeds of change are now planted. I believe this is what is underway in the US and I fear the goal is well thought out with clueless supporters from both political parties. I believe the large cities in the US are where this change is taking place, as those who wish to change the US see the cities as the nucleus of that change.
Hope:
If I am correct, and the assault on law enforcement is already well underway, then know this. There is a genetic level flaw in the plan...plot! Flyover country law enforcement will not bend to this socially engineered plan. Large cities have geographic limits. Those who live in large cities that are afraid of what it taking place are leaving. Don't believe me? Look at the ads for apartments for sale/rent in Manhatten. Look at the stories of people moving to the suburbs, countryside...."Flyover Country." The plot to change law enforcement has its limits. The federal government understands those limits and a federal government-run in an alliance with those out to change the US will attempt to force this change on the rest of the nation. Federal laws, changes to the standards of law enforcement. We see these changes already taking place at the federal and state level. some are logical, but many are not.
Here is the reality. You can drive a nation into a crisis with a small proportion of the population. Look at Egypt in the Arab Spring. You can create a crisis, but you can't control those who get to the point, they won't listen, and they won't standstill. At some point folks, all this progressive / aggressive action reaches a point of true resistance. At that point, those with the will to stand and sacrifice, are the ones that have historically prevailed.
Next topic. The attempt to change the other cornerstone of stability. The military!
i found you on twitch , when i click your discord link it doesnt seem to work.
ReplyDeleteits interesting your analysis of ukraine war. i see your analysis from a military point of view of the nato expansion of the ex soviet states.
i believe its actually about as always with any war, oil and money.
the russian economy is not diversified, 70 percent of revenue is from oil and gas, and europe is 50 percent of the profits. Also for an russian economy dependent on oil and gas to survive, the long term trend for the world moving towards renewables and green energy with technology advance in next 20-50 years, the outlook isnt good.
Why did putin make his move now? I believe 2 years ago the europeans with security issues being dependent on russian energy announced a new pipeline known as the 3 seas initiative going north and south changing trade from west to east to north and south. this spells disaster for russia and putin.
Thus the war begain in ukraine this year. I dont believe the war is about the mustard coloured map in totality. Ukraine was the bridge to get to moldova which we saw in the belarussian presidents map of invasion.
If you listened to lavrovs speach on march 3rd 2022, he mentions romania as a minority in the eu not being treated well.
Why romania, its beside moldova. I believe putin intends to invade southern europe taking romania, bulgaria and macedoonia cutting europe off from turkey, thus blocking that new southern pipeline to turkey and middle east that would bankrupt russia if built. For putin and russia its about survival and they need europe to buy their energy being 50 percent of russia's energy sales. They cannot allow the 3 seas initiative, thus the first phase of invasion is ukraine, other steps moldova, then romania, bulgaria and northern greece to cut europe off from turkey.
By the way Colonel Dan, your twitch discussions are interesting, you should make an account on youtube and upload your videos on youtube so you hit two birds with 1 stone. That way you monetize your discussions passively on youtube with views, and subs which are free. With Ukraine conflict going on now and likely in next year or two you probably would get alot of views and interest on youtube. Just a thought.
ReplyDeleteColonel Dan i think its interesting as you said on your twitch channel biden is going to europe this week of march 2022 to shore up the members.
ReplyDeleteits interesting that you said to monitor the rhetoric of the leaders to see where this is going.
I've heard rumblings the eastern european block last 2 weeks are willing to go in alone without nato to prevent russia being on their borders, having lived through soviet rule in the past. I think when the belarussians come into this war, the poles and romanians and other eastern european countries are going into ukraine. I think Biden is going to europe to try to talk them out of that.
Understandable for poland and other eastern european countries, they dont want russia on their borders having lived through soviet rule.
whats your take on this?
colonel dan, do you think the russians have thought about the blowback that is possible in russia from having wholesale slaughtered and bombed civilians?
ReplyDeletei mean you talk about the farmer, who doesnt care and just wants to grow crops. but you blow out all those cities and infrastructure, that means alot of unemployed people, and thats a ripe recruiting ground. Also you got kids that lost parents or wives or husbands that lost kids. What kind of blowback is possible doing that to a neighboring country. The kid growing up in that isnt gonna idolize rockstars and football players, he is gonna idolize the guys with guns killing russians.
Did the russians thoroughly think through the blowback that is going to come to russia from doing what they are doing to a neighboring country. And have they thought about the degree of blowback that is possible from doing this to ukraine and their populations? Or did they think everything is just going to be peachy afterwards? You watch some of those videos or ukrainians in the cities, regular citzens that have taken up arms, and there is alot of hate and vitriol towards russians. I wonder if russia has thought about the degree of blowback and the extremes it can go to, doing what they are doing to the civilians, and what in turn can be returned on russian soil in their cities, infrastructure and citizens. I know it borders on the T word, but you get someone that angry, very bad things can happen in blowback. They get their hands on things they shouldnt that would be considered unthinkable, they may just want some payback on russian soil. I wonder if the russians have thought about how bad the blowback can be with a neighbor they share a large border with. I mean state department was worried about blowback from iraq and afghanistan and its half a world away. Something to think about where this could end up, when you brutalize a civilian population like that, and if the russians thought this through or just dont care.
i can see what you are saying about joe biden talking off the cuff and going into uncharted waters. I think we saw that today, in poland.
ReplyDeletebut i think its 2 sides of the coin also, i mean putin they say is smart but he is making blunder after blunder and just looking stupid.
whoever advised him to tell eu and the g7 countries, if you want russian gas, you are gonna pay in roubles.
you know what europe and japan said? no we are not, so what are you going to do about it putin.
did putin cut off gas? no. now putin looks like a fool. putin needs better advisors, saying stuff like you will pay in roubles or i will cut off your gas eu. only makes him a fool when eu just says no we are not, what you gonna do about it, and he does nothing.
do you realize how weak and a fool he looks like when eu says no we are not gonna pay in roubles, what ya gonna do about it. eu says you are going to do nothing and you are gonna smile and say thank you for the euros we pay you for the limited time we buy your gas putin.
do wanna know why? because putin just saw russia's economy and gdp halved in 1 month of sanctions. he has no leverage. if he cancels gas to eu, he loses half or russia's gdp again in lost revenue in a day,and russia goes bankrupt in a week. eu and japan who said no and any other g7 country knows this. and putin just looks stupid weak and desperate saying things like you will pay with roubles or i will cut off gas, and he doesnt follow up on it.
i know the chinese are russia's allies and they will bail the russians out because they signed this historic agreement.
no they are not. chinese are not gonna damage their economy for russia. russia in reality is a small market. cheap source of energy for china, but not as important as europe or america in trade. china is dependent on selling their goods to europe and america, thats just the reality.
china reported 2 weeks ago, they will have the lowest economic gdp growth they have had in last 30 years. why because of this war which is a prolonged conflict now, and its raising fuel and food and everything else so the global economies are slowing down, and consumers are not buying as much. this hurts china.
also china is not flush with money, they are looking at a financial crash. their real estate companies that built those ghost cities that no one lives in, that sold bonds on to international investors, well they missing loan and interest payments now. evergrand alone borrowed 300 billion by themselves to build ghost cities in china.
if china had money they would be paying those interest loans to prevent a financial market crash in china. they dont or they would be doing it.
so china doesnt have the money to bail out russia. i dont think they want to either, i think they want to get russia weak so they can liberate by the same premise russia used in ukraine, to liberate 148 million chinese living in eastern siberia compared to just 7 million russians there.
Did Joe Biden gaffe, i dunno, i think he put it in there to have his message to a target audience.
ReplyDeleteI think american intel has been pretty good from before the invasion of ukraine, and they knew this was coming down to the week if not the day.
I think they know where this is going its why joe said it. I also believe its why they chose heavy sanctions to try to bankrupt russia to reduce his ability to finance the war.
I think you know as well as i do if putin takes ukraine, the next confrontation is with nato because putin is not going to stop at ukraine. So the goal is to bankrupt russia or keep the russians mired in a long protracted war that bankrupts them so there never is a nato russia confrontation. I think american or european intel is telling them putin isnt gonna stop in ukraine.
I know you said in your march 27 video how do you know europe is gonna be mired in wars for decades if putin isnt stopped in ukraine. I think part of you is the optimist that you believe maybe there is a part of putin that says well i won, i will stop now because there is no point in getting into a war with nato by invading poland and the baltic states and romania an bulgaria.
but lavrovs speech told you on march 3 putin wants romania and bulgaria when lavrov told nato to get out of romania and bulgaria.
also recent comments by russian mp sergei savostyanov who is pretty high up there said so in his comments on march 25 2022.
https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1507680989891416065
https://jaunenglish.com/2022/03/25/russian-mp-sergei-savostyanov-proposed-to-launch-an-invasion-of-six-countries/
so i think biden and the state department know whats coming so thats why biden said what he said. they got someone on the inside. i think its why putin is doing a purge in moscow trying to find out who the mole is feeding the americans information.
so i believe its why the europeans and america and g7 choose to bankrupt russia with an economic war, because putins intent is a war in europe, and savostyanov promised alot of european blood spilt.
i think its why the chinese and XI having found out what putin is planning are now distancing themselves from russia after they signed that agreement at the olympics and said they were besties.
Did you see the news 2 days ago, chinese sinopec suspended a 550 million dollar investment agreement with russia over energy infrastructure. I mean if china and russia were in lock step, why would the chinese back out of the 550 million dollar energy infrastructure deal they had initially agreed to in principle. If the chinese were buddy buddy as they said in the agreement, why would they pull out of a deal and deny putin 550 million that he could really use?
I do think if russia doesnt go bankrupt, as the russian mp of the duma said they intend to denazify poland and 6 other baltic states and likely romania and bulgaria in there.
I think its putins last hurrah, putting it all on red 99 on the roulette wheel, going for glory or bust. Like Nero playing the violin while rome burned win or lose he is going out with a bang.
this is an interesting interview by a retired fsb and colonel inside russia.
ReplyDeleteworth a listen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUTyQfev3Ss
I listen to your daily twitch videos later on in the day. I think Joe Biden doubled down on what he said in part it was because he meant it, and he just said what everyone else was thinking and saying behind closed doors.
ReplyDeleteIts like in the movie with jack ryan he advises the politician when asked about a colleague that got in trouble when asked later by press if they were friends, jack ryan told the politician to say they were the best of friends to give them nowhere to spin it in a sense of indecision or weakness. So i think Joe Biden played it well saying he meant it, the media didnt have a way to spin it as he was backtracking which is worse.
in terms of russia and putin, in an ideal world everything turns out rosy and everyone ends up friends but i dont think this conflict in ukraine is going to end well by capitulating with putin or saying kind words to him. The reality is this fight is coming in ukraine or its coming when putin ends up on natos border. If putin and russia end up on poland and romania's border, this ensures 100 percent a conflict between russia and nato. So what nato is doing is making sure its gonna be as hard as possible for putin to take ukraine. I dont think you would disagree if putin ends up on polands border the chances of a nato and russia conflict go up exponentially. So i think what they are doing by supplying ukraine and training their troops is probably the best move they have. In a fantasy world there is a de-escalation and russia pulls troops out, but thats not gonna happen. The only way thats gonna happen is ukraine eventually attriting the russians in leaving and the west bankrupting russia making it impossible to finance the war. This is more an economic war than military war.
I see it this way every day that the russian economy is more crippled means its more difficult to conduct war. sanctions are working. two russian factories shut down last week because they cant get parts, chips, microprocessors. This goes down the line for their jets, and other military equipment and their guided munitions that they use, lose or get damaged.
The purpose of sanctions was not to deter the war, it was already happening, the purpose of the war is to bankrupt russia so they cant conduct war.
I think being in the military you realize foreign policy is not done through the lens of right or wrong, good or bad, moral or immoral. Foreign policy is done through the lens of power.
If you view foreign policy through another lens other than power it wont make sense. This is seen by the west only cutting off 70 percent of russia's cash flow. If they wanted the war over immediately and energy prices and everything else coming back to normal in a month they would have cut off 100 percent. This is the logical road but they didnt do it. Why because its about destroying the economy of a near peer rival to the stone age where they will be rebuilding their economy for 30-40 years or longer and so russia will be a non factor on the world stage for the next half century or longer, so they can focus on china.
I noticed you talked about the rouble. it went down and it came back up. What this means russia is spending billions to prop up the rouble, when they offered the bond buyback. I dont think you can sustain that, and russia is heading to default in 30 days on their bonds. when that happens i see the rouble going back down and inflation going up even more as well as russia being cut off from foreign capital borrowing for next 20 years to rebuild after this war is over.
ReplyDeletethe main thing to watch is inflation. its the primary weapon here. inflation is 16 percent in russia currently and going up at least 2 percent a week. you know as time goes on how this ends.
also the us fully backing and training the ukrainians now after senate passed the lend lease program with no limit on time. so i see as time goes on, this doesnt end well for russia. they hitting the wall on components with sanctions now. 2 largest tank factories in russia shut down cuz they cant get chips and microprocessors. i think this goes down the line from jets, howitzers, missiles and guided munitions. i think it ends up long and bloody, but even if russia takes land, i see a long well funded guerilla war now with what they did to civilians all over ukraine. I think its like 1990 with soviet union, bleed em and bankrupt them in a long protracted war with sanctions, and let their inflation hit 245 percent so the federation breaks apart again in a bankrupt russia. its just foreign policy of taking out a near peer rival if you are given the opportunity. I dont see russia coming out of this well. Eu announce in 2 years they will stop buying russian energy and issued new bonds like 3 weeks ago to build new infrastructure to accomplish this. When russia loses eu as energy customer, they lose 50 percent of russian gdp. and india and china cant make that up with ships. for china which is only 15 percent of russian energy gdp, they gotta build infrastructure that takes 5 years at least.
oh the statement on the us side, the us backing ukraine for the entire conflict stated the war started in 2014 so it includes getting crimea back.