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Intentionally?

sAbakumoff 5y ago
source: https://www.justsecurity.org/79623/crisis-of-command-the-pentagon-the-president-and-january-6/ https://www.justsecurity.org/79623/crisis-of-command-the-pen... According to a report released last month, Christopher Miller, who served as acting Secretary of the Defense on Jan. 6, told the Department’s inspector general that he feared “if we put U.S. military personnel on the Capitol, I would have created the greatest Constitutional crisis probably since the Civil War.” In congressional testimony, he said he was also cognizant of “fears that the President would invoke the Insurrection Act to politicize the military in an anti-democratic manner” and that “factored into my decisions regarding the appropriate and limited use of our Armed Forces to support civilian law enforcement during the Electoral College certification.” So, yes, Miller *intentionally* delayed National Guard deployment.
- redanddead 5y ago
  Oh wow... it seems like a difficult situation.
- BlueTemplar 5y ago
  Involving the military (which AFAIK is NOT trained to non-lethally deal with civilian riots ?) would probably have indeed been very bad without even this kind of risk. What I still don't understand is why was the police so ridiculously under-staffed and under-equipped that day ?? (Where were the anti-riot water-spraying trucks ? The anti-riot gas ? The anti-riot walls ? The gapless shield wall formed by enough police people ?) It's not like they haven't been warned by the FBI weeks in advance of the potential risks ?? OTOH I was impressed how the myth of the trigger-happy Trump fanatic who has a rifle like an extra body part didn't play out. I've only seen a single rifle, and AFAIK none of the rioters fired a single shot ? (The FBI probably helped here, since they supposedly convinced the "worst" ones to not participate... but OTOH they did still fail to prevent that truck filled with various explosive devices from parking nearby ?)
- kube-system 5y ago
  "intentional delay resulting in a failure" is very different than "intentionally failing". The DoD's hesitancy to touch civilian politics with a 10 foot pole is, IMO, one of the very best things about American government. The capitol police need to be empowered to handle these types of situations themselves.
  - sAbakumoff 5y ago
    >> The DoD's hesitancy to touch civilian politics with a 10 foot pole is, IMO, one of the very best things about American government. They weren't so hesitant during BLM protests(https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/07/us/police-response-black-lives-matter-protest-us-capitol/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/07/us/police-response-black-...).

Intentionally?

source: https://www.justsecurity.org/79623/crisis-of-command-the-pentagon-the-president-and-january-6/ https://www.justsecurity.org/79623/crisis-of-command-the-pen... According to a report released last month, Christopher Miller, who served as acting Secretary of the Defense on Jan. 6, told the Department’s inspector general that he feared “if we put U.S. military personnel on the Capitol, I would have created the greatest Constitutional crisis probably since the Civil War.” In congressional testimony, he said he was also cognizant of “fears that the President would invoke the Insurrection Act to politicize the military in an anti-democratic manner” and that “factored into my decisions regarding the appropriate and limited use of our Armed Forces to support civilian law enforcement during the Electoral College certification.” So, yes, Miller *intentionally* delayed National Guard deployment.

redanddead 5y ago
Oh wow... it seems like a difficult situation.
BlueTemplar 5y ago
Involving the military (which AFAIK is NOT trained to non-lethally deal with civilian riots ?) would probably have indeed been very bad without even this kind of risk. What I still don't understand is why was the police so ridiculously under-staffed and under-equipped that day ?? (Where were the anti-riot water-spraying trucks ? The anti-riot gas ? The anti-riot walls ? The gapless shield wall formed by enough police people ?) It's not like they haven't been warned by the FBI weeks in advance of the potential risks ?? OTOH I was impressed how the myth of the trigger-happy Trump fanatic who has a rifle like an extra body part didn't play out. I've only seen a single rifle, and AFAIK none of the rioters fired a single shot ? (The FBI probably helped here, since they supposedly convinced the "worst" ones to not participate... but OTOH they did still fail to prevent that truck filled with various explosive devices from parking nearby ?)
kube-system 5y ago
"intentional delay resulting in a failure" is very different than "intentionally failing". The DoD's hesitancy to touch civilian politics with a 10 foot pole is, IMO, one of the very best things about American government. The capitol police need to be empowered to handle these types of situations themselves.
- sAbakumoff 5y ago
  >> The DoD's hesitancy to touch civilian politics with a 10 foot pole is, IMO, one of the very best things about American government. They weren't so hesitant during BLM protests(https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/07/us/police-response-black-lives-matter-protest-us-capitol/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/07/us/police-response-black-...).