Posted on 10/07/2017 10:34:05 AM PDT by Liberty7732
Dave Grossman is retired from the U.S. Army. He rose from the enlisted ranks to lieutenant colonel, having served as an infantry officer and as a professor of psychology at West Point. Today he is a lecturer and author; two of his books, On Killing and On Combat are widely read among military personnel and police officers. A particular passage from On Combat, titled “On Wolves, Sheep, and Sheepdogs,” can be said to be a distillation of much of Grossman’s writing, explaining as it does what distinguishes the protector’s mindset from those of the protected and the predator. Here is a small excerpt:
The sheep generally do not like the sheepdog. He looks a lot like the wolf. He has fangs and the capacity for violence. The difference, though, is that the sheepdog must not, cannot and will not ever harm the sheep. Any sheepdog who intentionally harms the lowliest little lamb will be punished and removed. The world cannot work any other way, at least not in a representative democracy or a republic such as ours. Still, the sheepdog disturbs the sheep. He is a constant reminder that there are wolves in the land. They would prefer that he didn’t tell them where to go, or give them traffic tickets, or stand at the ready in our airports in camouflage fatigues holding an M-16. The sheep would much rather have the sheepdog cash in his fangs, spray paint himself white, and go, “Baa.”
Last Sunday night, in Las Vegas, a wolf attacked. And as horrific as the night was, it might have been far worse had there not been so many sheepdogs present.
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From now on, police helicopter patrols will, by necessity contain a two-man counter-sniper team that can be dropped on an opposing rooftop to counter any similar active shooter situation.
Grossman is not well liked nor respected amongst military... and contrary to this article not a lot of military read him.
Even command staff look down upon him.
Not sure I’m convinced the “sheepdogs” did all that much for the sheep. And FWIW, sheep dogs herd sheep. Dogs who protect sheep are of a different sort.
Pretty hard for a “sheep dog” to protect the sheep from a long range shooter...
Sheepdog can’t protect you from drones loaded with C4!
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