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Or you just haven't bothered to stay informed and apprised of the latest information before coming to a forum to comment on it? - https://www.militarytimes.com

Or you just haven't bothered to stay informed and apprised of the latest information before coming to a forum to comment on it? - https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2021/01/08/maryland-governor-describes-delayed-permission-to-send-national-guard/ https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2021/01/08/... - https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/533403-sasse-says-trump-was-delighted-and-excited-by-reports-of-capitol-riot https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/533403-sasse-says-trump-... - https://apnews.com/article/capitol-police-reject-federal-help-9c39a4ddef0ab60a48828a07e4d03380 https://apnews.com/article/capitol-police-reject-federal-hel... - https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/08/congress-democrats-capitol-riot-inside-job-456725 https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/08/congress-democrats-... Facts: - Capitol Police refused multiple types of reinforcements that were offered ahead of Jan 6 specifically because of wide-spread credible threats and discussions of violence - hours elapsed with NG on stand-by and were not deployed because they lacked authorization - Trump refused to give authorization - Pence and Pelosi and a few others had to give (can they even?) authorization for the NG to come in - Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) said Friday that he heard from senior White House officials that President Trump was "delighted" to hear that his supporters were breaking into the Capitol building in a riot Wednesday that turned deadly. - A growing number of House Democrats say they’re concerned that tactical decisions by some Capitol Police officers worsened Wednesday’s riots and have raised the possibility that the pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol might have had outside help. I'd really like someone to try and give the more charitable interpretation of the facts so far. You can literally make up whatever you want, try and explain it.

zaroth 6y ago
I’ve now read every one of the links you shared. Again, it’s unquestionable they were unprepared. It’s obvious it took too long to respond once shit went sideways. The question is why, the answer to which you will not find in any of those articles, because it’s simply not yet publicly known. The Military Times link you provided concludes there was a delay, but; > “I can’t tell you what was going on on the other end, on the decision-making process. There’s been lots of speculation in the media about that, but I’m not privy to what was going on inside the White House or inside the Pentagon,” Hogan said. The Hill cites an anonymous Whitehouse source to tell a completely unsubstantiated tale. The only explanation the AP can muster in thousands of words is the following; > This was a failure of imagination, a failure of leadership,” said Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo, whose department responded to several large protests last year following the death of George Floyd. “The Capitol Police must do better and I don’t see how we can get around that.” The Politico article is merely paragraph after paragraph of speculation (you might say conspiracy theories), culminating in; > Somebody must get to the bottom of [this]!”

zaroth 6y ago

I’ve now read every one of the links you shared. Again, it’s unquestionable they were unprepared. It’s obvious it took too long to respond once shit went sideways. The question is why, the answer to which you will not find in any of those articles, because it’s simply not yet publicly known. The Military Times link you provided concludes there was a delay, but; > “I can’t tell you what was going on on the other end, on the decision-making process. There’s been lots of speculation in the media about that, but I’m not privy to what was going on inside the White House or inside the Pentagon,” Hogan said. The Hill cites an anonymous Whitehouse source to tell a completely unsubstantiated tale. The only explanation the AP can muster in thousands of words is the following; > This was a failure of imagination, a failure of leadership,” said Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo, whose department responded to several large protests last year following the death of George Floyd. “The Capitol Police must do better and I don’t see how we can get around that.” The Politico article is merely paragraph after paragraph of speculation (you might say conspiracy theories), culminating in; > Somebody must get to the bottom of [this]!”