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2013-04-20 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Steve White 2013-04-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 Were Batmon and Rubin involved?

Posted by Zhang Fei 2013-04-20 08:03|| 2013-04-20 08:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Some were theorizing it was a police trick, to lure him out - declaring the area "cleared". The WaPo said a homeowner (apparently came out after the all clear) discovered blood on his boat and peeked inside to find the seriously wounded suspect. Police then tried to stir him with a flash-bang, but still got no response.

All the shooting? Where was Fearless Fosdick? Who missed looking inside the boat?

Posted by Bobby 2013-04-20 08:45|| 2013-04-20 08:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Firstly, I certainly applaud the work of Local Law Enforcement. Don't wish to sound like an armchair quarterback however, some very interesting Rules of Engagement (ROE) appeared to be in play when compared to what was mandated in Iraq and AFG. If they had PI [positive ID] and returned fire, there were some very poorly placed shots. Might [might] be something to look in to in the After Action Report and Lessons Learned session. Just saying.

At this juncture, I am more interested in the financials, communications, potential network, and the tools used. Weapons, fuses, explosives, detonators, fone circuit boards, and training. I hope we learn more about these aspects and they don't somehow go behind the Benghazi 'Green Door'.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-04-20 09:02|| 2013-04-20 09:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Cowardly and errible as it was, we should be thankful hostages were not taken and that it was not another Beslan school massacre.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-04-20 09:19|| 2013-04-20 09:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Agree on that one. As ugly and awful as Beslan was in Russia, such an act would very much tear at our own social fabric.

Posted by Steve White 2013-04-20 10:45|| 2013-04-20 10:45|| Front Page Top

#6 "They" missed looking in the boat cause the boat was outside the cordon.

What I want to know is why he returned to Watertown (probably has to do with his brother) since he was in Dartmouth ~60 miles south on Wed. after the bombs went off.

Posted by AlanC 2013-04-20 14:41|| 2013-04-20 14:41|| Front Page Top

#7 Cowardly and errible as it was, we should be thankful hostages were not taken and that it was not another Beslan school massacre.

Overheard on the internet:

I watched the day-long coverage of the Boston bombers on Fox and CNN.

When one Fox host described the culprits as punks, former-senator and current current Fox commentator Scott Brown said, Not punkscowards. Cowards. What is this need to describe terrorists as cowards? Is it supposed to make them feel inadequate? Call them savages, called them maniacal killers; no need to call them cowards. At the same time, the newscasters talk about how Boston residents were terrorized and living in fear for the past few days. Were they really? I think its unseemly to be terrorized by any problem a sidearm should be able to handle. If Bostonians were terrorized, I would apply the term cowards to them.

I'm inclined to agree. Anyone who's willing to take on the entire law enforcement and military infrastructure of the country - which numbers over a million paid and trained full-time professionals equipped with the latest that our hundred-billion dollar a year procurement budget can buy - by perpetrating these acts can't be described as a coward. If that infrastructure did not exist, and the attackers were doing this at will, sure.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2013-04-20 18:58|| 2013-04-20 18:58|| Front Page Top

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