• Appaloosa (edited 6 years ago)
    +6

    They've been selling surplus to the police for many years, since Iraq. It went on under Obama for his whole term and very little notice or alarm was displayed. This is a program that goes beyond any one president, much deeper.

    • Nelson
      +3

      What do you suppose should be done? I mean what can even be done?

      • Appaloosa
        +7

        It's a good question. I'm going to look into who authorised this process. Seems industry , military and Congress would have to be involved...and I wonder if it was done after WW11, Korea and Vietnam....or is this a recent development.

        • Appaloosa
          +4

          https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/09...e-militarization-in-the-decade-following-911/

          Here's a start...Im traveling so I can't focus right now, but it should be an interesting journey.

          • AdelleChattre (edited 6 years ago)
            +5

            Traveling? You must be more at home, by now, as a ward of the airlines than on any of your native islands.

          • Appaloosa
            +6
            @AdelleChattre -

            That's somewhat true I suppose, but really did just land in Hong Kong from Philly 1 hour ago!

          • AdelleChattre (edited 6 years ago)
            +5
            @Appaloosa -

            And when you left your tray table up, your seat in the fully-upright position, and made your way to the nearest cabin exit to say goodbye, was somebody chopping onions?

          • Appaloosa
            +4
            @AdelleChattre -

            Well, it was not that emotional.

          • Appaloosa
            +6
            @AdelleChattre -

            And Happy New Year!