National Guard at the Capitol: Too costly — and not just in money

[rangerrebew]

National Guard at the Capitol: Too costly — and not just in money
By Dov S. Zakheim, opinion contributor — 02/19/21 10:00 AM EST
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Six weeks after the Trump-inspired attack on the Capitol, Washington remains an armed camp.  No fewer than 26,000 National Guard members were deployed to the city by Jan. 20 — that is, within two weeks of the extremist insurrection and in time for President Biden’s inauguration.

Many of those troops have returned to their home states, but more than 6,000 soldiers and airmen are still on deployment in the nation’s capital. Moreover, the Department of Defense (DOD) has indicated they will remain there until mid-March. The cost of the operation could amount to $483 million, plus additional funds to pay for the troops’ hotel rooms. It is a sum roughly equivalent to the cost of four F-35 fighters or a Littoral Combat Ship.

The DOD has indicated that after March 15 it will downsize the Guard presence, although not by much. Five thousand troops will remain in the District of Columbia indefinitely. That troop level, consisting of both Army and Air National Guard members, is equivalent to the combined total of forces currently operating in both Afghanistan and Iraq. The cost of the ongoing Guard operation is likely to be around $14.5 million a week, close to the cost of the June 2020 deployment of 5,100 troops to Washington in response to the Black Lives Matter demonstrations.

https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/539396-national-guard-at-the-capitol-too-costly-and-not-just-in-money

[sneakypete]

National Guard at the Capitol: Too costly — and not just in money
By Dov S. Zakheim, opinion contributor — 02/19/21 10:00 AM EST
648
 
 

Six weeks after the Trump-inspired attack on the Capitol, Washington remains an armed camp.  No fewer than 26,000 National Guard members were deployed to the city by Jan. 20 — that is, within two weeks of the extremist insurrection and in time for President Biden’s inauguration.

Say WHAT?  We now have Russian Jews telling us what is wrong with OUR military and political system????

Many of those troops have returned to their home states, but more than 6,000 soldiers and airmen are still on deployment in the nation’s capital. Moreover, the Department of Defense (DOD) has indicated they will remain there until mid-March. The cost of the operation could amount to $483 million, plus additional funds to pay for the troops’ hotel rooms. It is a sum roughly equivalent to the cost of four F-5 fighters or a Littoral Combat Ship.

Yeah,and you can lay that ALL at the feet of the DNC. They have even surrounded themselves with fences to protect them from retaliation by Americans with IQ's  higher than 50,who realize we are in the middle of a coup attempt.

[PeteS in CA]

1. Dov S. Zakheim was born in Brooklyn.

2. Why in Hades does the fact that he is Jewish matter?

[sneakypete]

1. Dov S. Zakheim was born in Brooklyn.

@PeteS in CA

AND?????? He is still a Russian Jew and was raised to think like a Russian Jew.

2. Why in Hades does the fact that he is Jewish matter?

You may not have noticed,but Jews seem to think hard left. They definitely have a different mindset than the typical American,and most of them seem to think being Jewish is more important than being an American. It is both a religion and even a way of life for those who aren't particularly religious.

A couple of thousand years of being both and "homeless" tends to make people think differently than most.

[PeteS in CA]

He was born, raised, and educated in the US. He's as American as you or I. Why do you care about the fact he is Jewish?

Assuming his parents were Russian immigrants, do you think that makes him a Russian spy or something? Would that mean my Dad was a Russian spy, since he was the son of Russian immigrants? And would this "reasoning" stop there? Am I a Russian spy for having Russian-born grandparents?

[sneakypete]

He was born, raised, and educated in the US. Why do you care about the fact he is Jewish?

Assuming his parents were Russian immigrants, do you think that makes him a Russian spy or something?

@PeteS in CA

I have read too many of your posts to think you are stupid.  You seem to have taken it personally,being the son of Russian immigrants.

Given his name and the drivel he wrote,I suspect he was born in Russia,and raised as a Russian Jew with Russian values,not as an American with American values.

Most immigrants in our recent past seemed to want to morph into Americans as soon as possible,and it seemed like most didn't even want their children to speak anything but English. Which is VERY good for the survival and success of your children in a strange land.

This is not true of everyone,though. Some groups,especially Orthodox Jews want to remain living in  Medieval Europe,regardless of where and when they actually live.

[PeteS in CA]

He was born in Booklyn in 1948. Like I posted above. Since you seem to be going on nothing but your suspicions, do you have evidence his parents were born in Russia, and not Poland or Hungary or the US?

[Cyber Liberty]

Cease and desist!

[Fishrrman]

sneakypete wrote:
"Say WHAT?  We now have Russian Jews telling us what is wrong with OUR military and political system????"

Think about that for a minute, Pete.
Who might be better "qualified" to warn us of the dangers of our new marxist "leadership"...  than those who have had firsthand experience with how communism works...?

Who is now in control of our "military and political system" ...?

[libertybele]

sneakypete wrote:
"Say WHAT?  We now have Russian Jews telling us what is wrong with OUR military and political system????"

Think about that for a minute, Pete.
Who might be better "qualified" to warn us of the dangers of our new marxist "leadership"...  than those who have had firsthand experience with how communism works...?

Who is now in control of our "military and political system" ...?

 

[sneakypete]

He was born in Booklyn in 1948. Like I posted above. Since you seem to be going on nothing but your suspicions, do you have evidence his parents were born in Russia, and not Poland or Hungary or the US?

@PeteS in CA

No. Since you seem to want to turn this into a pissing contest,do YOU have any evidence he wasn't. Is it true or is it not true that most immigrants that want to become Americans give their children American names when they are born? The obvious exception,of course,being the children that were born before their parents immigrated here.

[Cyber Liberty]

Ok. A warning failed. Locked.