Posted on 04/22/2014 3:23:59 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
Conservative commentator Pat Buchanan summed up the armed federal standoff between agents with the Bureau of Land Management and cattle rancher Cliven Bundy, his family and his supporters: It was all over an unpaid bill.
“You don’t send the Seventh Cavalry to collect a bill, and that’s exactly what happened,” he told Sean Hannity on his radio show Monday.
He went on, Breitbart reported: “And when they put all those forces out there — that’s what attracted all the others, the history of what happened at Waco, Ruby Ridge. And so these folks came to that rancher’s defense. But the initial problem here is [the] sending of all the force of arms out there on to that ranch, which was a provocation to which these folks responded.”(continued)
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
and how much does California and Illinois owe?
and *our* government owes how many trillions?
And we all know what happened to the 7th. Cav. the last time they tried something out west.
Bump!
Battle of the Little Bighorn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Little_Bighorn
“The U.S. 7th Cavalry, including the Custer Battalion, a force of 700 men led by George Armstrong Custer, suffered a severe defeat. Five of the 7th Cavalry’s companies were annihilated; Custer was killed, as were two of his brothers, a nephew, and a brother-in-law. The total U.S. casualty count, including scouts, was 268 dead and 55 injured.”
The BLM weapons must be restructed to a side arm only.
I’m wondering what the reaction will be when the DOJ or whoever calls in the first drone strike on Americans in the US or Texas or wherever ....
Pat is a puzzle —he was BORN in DC and has lived there his whole life and yet he’s profoundly opposed to Big Government.
His type is rare in DC.
I’m really amazed that living in that cesspool has left him utterly undeterred.
I really like Pat.
and doesn’t the government owe every legal american $55,000?,by 2016 it will be closer to $75,000.
Scratch 1 drone. Citizens will not phone home for permission.
Pat is a puzzle —he was BORN in DC and has lived there his whole life and yet he’s profoundly opposed to Big Government.
His type is rare in DC.
I’m really amazed that living in that cesspool has left him utterly undeterred.
I really like Pat.
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You will be attacked for that in due course. Just FYI.
are they really gonna try to pull this stunt in Texas? aren’t all Texan’s armed?
They fly anywhere from 40 up to 60 thousand feet. If they do come down they’d shoot from around 10k feet.
They fly anywhere from 40 up to 60 thousand feet. If they do come down they’d shoot from around 10k feet.
I was just wondering how much further we can take this “7th Cavalry” metaphor.
Bundy`s Cavalry
If the Iranians are smart enough to bring one of them down with remote control, there are surely some US techies that are capable of a lot more.
Just have to know the frequency they use I suppose. But if it’s encrypted ...??
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