[Arlo]

Originally Posted by 3catcircus

Sure, but that isn't an area where the US has a significant presence (i. e. conventional troops and significant infrastructure). We have no idea what things SOF did in those regions to prevent worse things happening. Doesn't mean we should be there to begin with, but that's a different argument.

As to riots - I have no earthly idea why antifa thugs and other rioters weren't arrested in many cases. Why those that were arrested weren't always charged. And why those charged got slaps on the wrists. Even when they already had open warrants for prior criminal acts. I can only note that they were in areas where the municipality is run by Democrats and where the district or state attorneys are Democrats.

I also have no idea why federal law enforcement wasn't allowed to respond when it was on federal property.

It's almost like. Wait for it... That is was an organized effort to make the Trump admin look bad. You don't hear about widespread riots in area where the populace or the local sheriff aren't afraid to dig a hole to dump rioters' bodies...

If I were there police commissioner in Minny or Portland or Seattle, I'd not have forced the police to do nothing. They have been ordered to not use tear gas, tasers, nightsticks, etc. on a group of people paid to wreak havoc.

Unfortunately, no politician wants to be the guy who ordered another Kent State, but the sad fact is that we need leftist antifa rioters to be killed. Most of them are entitled upper middle class white kids who haven't been required to support themselves. These aren't people who have any legitimate grievances. Kill a half dozen of the worst in the midst of a riot, arrest the rest of them, and prosecute to the fullest extent of the law.

The US *is* that far gone that we need a complete reset back to 1950s values of citizenship, sense of personal responsibility, public decency, and a sense of shame for shameless acts, in the face of 40+ years of Marxist infiltration of government, industry, and academia.

Just gonna leave some reality here: