Posted on 11/10/2013 9:22:14 PM PST by Nachum
H/T Tish
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-I'm withholding the name of the person who sent this for security reasons.
Twana
Room 101?
Well, at the risk of sounding like a “good little centurion”, I’ll say this...after 20+ years in the military, these types of posters aren’t new!
I see about a dozen of them everyday and some are, gasp, hold your pearls Mabel, bigger than this one with a whole studio of traitorous scum pictured.
Sheesh, boogiemen around everycorner and under every bed...makes otherwise, supposedly reasonable people turn irrational.
Yeah, it’s mandatory until you try to out the next Major Hassan, then you get thrown under the bus.
What’s the reward for “snitching” on your fellow servicemen?
A bullet in the back of the head like in the old USSR?
Room 404.
Well, Obama’s papers are in room 404..
SZonian brings up a valid point: these OPSEC/SAEDA posters are nothing new, nor are they sinister in and of themselves.
But CyberAnt and the OP also point out (and validly) that the MANDATORY nature of the “vetting others for suspicious evidence” is not a little disturbing.
In all my decades of uniformed service, reporting on your fellows was NEVER compulsory.
Also factor in the known “loyalty litmus test” we have seen reported here and elsewhere, it is getting chilling indoors...
These reports come to my unit. The TARP briefing is pretty lame once they get to the vignettes (there’s a Muslim Soldier who’s very outspoken about his faith, but he’s “not doing anything wrong”—oh the hell I caught for saying “better to keep an eye on him”).
In the age of Manning and Snowden, TARP is a very real necessity, so I wouldn’t lament the existence of counter-intel and the potential of insider threats. They’re not exactly out hunting down conservatives to throw into the gulag.
You’re not kidding.
Isn't that the point, to out those who are resistant to "change"? A program designed to encourage alertness and patriotism, by the people who need to identify and eliminate the soldiers who won't let beast.mil dictate their value system. Can't be cynical enough wrt this crowd. I have to go on the premise that nothing is as it appears on its face, but most likely a ruse, just more Gotcha! games.
Better to silently observe and take note of who is *trustworthy* so when SHTF, the proper network may be established. After all, the malevolent operate in plain sight with impunity (e.g. Hassan), so the PTB already have demonstrated a certain lack of interest in ousting the true enemies of America.
and we will fire you if you object....
...will you shoot citizens? I have heard this (and repeated that I had heard it) a number of times, but it dawns on me that I've not heard it from an officer who actually had to deal with it. Is there an unimpeachable source for it, to your knowledge?
The Ministry for State Security
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stasi
Don’t worry Jim, Cyberant is basing this on a FW FW FW email — the kind popularized in the 90s. She has a reputation for spamming the forum. The downsizing of the officer and above class is actually a welcomed development set in motion by Cheney.
Forbidden by whom? And how come? And pardon my very late inquiry!
Who = Whomever controls the server. Why = May be password protected, may be behind a paywall, owner only wants it served as part of a specific webpage, etc.
Hmmmm ..??
What’s your problem with the truth ..??
I have former in-the-know military people, who I have known for ten years, who confirmed this info to me.
However, you’re not required to believe anything I say; good luck complaining to Jim.
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