26 Jan 2020
âWhen you know who controls, you clearly see whom you may not criticize.â
Tacitus
When speaking of the 6 Dec 19 terrorist attack that occurred at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, FL, our current Secretary of Defense said that he will increase âroving patrolsâ on the base, in an effort to âprovide military families a much higher degree of confidenceâ in their own safety.
Higher than what?
Wasnât everyone supposed to have a âhigh degree of confidenceâ on the day of the fatal shooting?
Who did, belatedly discovered their âconfidenceâ was misplaced.
It still is!
His dubious âhigher degree of confidenceâ doesnât inspire any!
Had âroving patrolsâ been doubled on that day, it would likely not have altered the outcome in the slightest!
And yet, a simple alteration in rules would have actually blunted the attack, like permitting/requiring concealed carry on the part of officers and S/NCOs, that is:
Actually trusting them with guns!
Such a notion is beyond consideration!
No discussion of such a thing is even permitted!
Why, when our gallant soldiers keep and bear arms, next theyâll get the crazy idea that theyâre personally responsible for their own safety!
They might even righteously exercise some personal initiative!
Unthinkable!
So, nothing changes.
Careers are protected. Everyone goes back to sleep.
Our soldiers remain vulnerable, defenseless, unprepared, profoundly unsafe, and the next successful, lethal base attack is thus assured!
âWe let ourselves get so used to âbeing fine,â that we lose track of just how ânot fineâ we are.â
Martina Boone
/John
