Gonna be a mess - got an excuse to agitate

[Zundfolge]

White House Now Under Military Guard

Well yeah, the SAMs on the roof every other day are clearly not police issue. And those Marines that are there every day aren't exactly local PD either.

[BushMasterBoy]

The White House is always under military guard. You've never seen the Marine NCOs there?

The Marine Guard is unarmed. The USAF police you see the at the ramp of AF One are armed. The first line of protection for the president is the US Secret Service. There even is a contingency plan if AF One is attacked by a UFO.
Did you know that after Jackie Kennedy was made a widow, her protection was changed to the US Marshals Service?

Not sure what is going on in DC, but I bet some protesters are planning to storm the place. I'm not going by rhetoric & semantics, but merely what I have seen.

[Eric P]

Occupy White House will be as successful as invade Area 51

[BushMasterBoy]

They are just now closing all the surrounding blocks according to this report.

https://www.axios.com/white-house-pr...48bc48562.html

[Bailey Guns]

The Marine Guard is unarmed. The USAF police you see the at the ramp of AF One are armed. The first line of protection for the president is the US Secret Service. There even is a contingency plan if AF One is attacked by a UFO.
Did you know that after Jackie Kennedy was made a widow, her protection was changed to the US Marshals Service?

Not sure what is going on in DC, but I bet some protesters are planning to storm the place. I'm not going by rhetoric & semantics, but merely what I have seen.

I know all that. The point is there's always a military "guard" presence around the president. It seems obvious to me if there's a threat against the WH, the military will respond. I find nothing unusual or sinister about that. I'll also wager one of those "unarmed" Marines would do their damnedest, weapon or not, to protect the president. That's kind of what "guarding" means.

[Squeeze]

Occupy White House will be as successful as invade Area 51

Yes, and equally entertaining to watch.

[Aloha_Shooter]

1. Federal law enforcement has never been the same thing as military personnel (except when those personnel are designated with law enforcement authorities like CID, NCIS, AFOSI).
2. There is a big difference between military personnel being used to guard a specific federal facility and having military personnel "roam the streets".
3. The government has always had the authority to employ National Guard (as opposed to active duty servicemembers) short term (and usually in specific locations) to address domestic crises.
4. Trump's Tweet said "when the looting starts, the shooting starts". That was a warning that he would take action to maintain civil order. Not the same thing at all as declaration of martial law. Typical Trump, it was brusque and undiplomatic. We will see if it had the desired effect.

[BPTactical]

Jesus Christ
Warning, NSFW

But I must say for being a retard* she is quite articulate.....





*Apologies to actual retarded individuals

[buffalobo]

They live among us...

Some of the comments funny.

[Gman]

Why have so many people lost the ability to apply objective reasoning?

Side affect of the 'Rona? Beats me.

There's so much agitation by the media on all fronts, it's no wonder that some people are going off the rails.

I just wish people would stop quoting and responding to certain posters that are urinating in the communal watering hole to get attention. Just ignore them and move on.

Pro tip: Quoting people can expose what they type even if they're on someone's ignore list.

ETA: If you're getting your info from WaPo, CNN, MSNBC, and Facebook, branch out a bit and see what else is out there.