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This looks like the most interesting story of the day.
People didn't listen before Ferguson about what our Police were preparing for. Now it looks like they're bringing in the military and special forces as well.
Maybe they could just address our problems and not kill us or lock us up.
And I'm glad he's doing it so that the USG special ops doing their covert terrorist training don't infringe on the rights of the citizens.
They will make sure that the local communities are informed. At least we'll know about the Blackhawks before they start practicing unlike Miami, for example.
Texas State Guard is not the National Guard.
Texas Military Forces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Texas Military Forces is the three-branch military of the U.S. state of Texas. It is composed of the Texas Army National Guard, the Texas Air National Guard, and the Texas State Guard.
"Monitor" and "deploy" don't mean the same thing. Bad reporting.
While I agree that this reporter has an agenda, ultimately any disagreement over "monitor" and "deploy" are very minor. Indeed, at the end of the day, the troops were "deployed" in order to "monitor" activity.
While I agree that this reporter has an agenda, ultimately any disagreement over "monitor" and "deploy" are very minor. Indeed, at the end of the day, the troops were "deployed" in order to "monitor" activity.
One word is loaded with mental images of weaponry, armored vehicles, etc. and the other is not. The journalist (and I use that term generously in this case) knew the difference and chose the more inflammatory word.
And, as was pointed out in an earlier post, the Texas Governor didn't call for a deployment of the National Guard. He asked the Texas State Guard (not the same thing) to monitor the situation.
One word is loaded with mental images of weaponry, armored vehicles, etc. and the other is not. The journalist (and I use that term generously in this case) knew the difference and chose the more inflammatory word.
And, as was pointed out in an earlier post, the Texas Governor didn't call for a deployment of the National Guard. He asked the Texas State Guard (not the same thing) to monitor the situation.
Like I said, poor reporting.
But he's still doing both; this is a point where the use of the word is still very much accurate (the governor did, in fact, deploy the Texas Guard (no, not the national guard as the article claims . . . this is a legitimate grievance and an example of inaccurate/poor reporting). The use of the word "deploy" was not/is not wrong in any sense, as that is exactly what the governor did (again, he deployed in order to monitor), which is why I took issue with your earlier post.
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