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Now military recruiters are being encouraged to wear civilian clothes while on duty.

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LOL Merc You mean bend over kiss ass goodbye LO

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Probably a terrorist act, but it seems the media is being careful not to say so just yet.

Yes, it's a mystery to be sure.

Police have said his motives are still being investigated... Reuters says it has seen a text sent the night before to a friend linking to a passage of Islamic text - Hadith 38 - containing the verse: "Whosoever shows enmity to a friend of Mine, I will indeed declare war against him...." Other friends also told Reuters that Abdulazeez spoke of his anger about conflicts in the Middle East, including Israeli bombing campaigns in Gaza and the civil war in Syria, after returning from a trip to Jordan last year. "He had always talked about it, but I'd say his level of understanding and awareness really rose after he came back," said one of the friends interviewed.

"It would be premature to speculate on exactly why the shooter did what he did," FBI agent Ed Reinhold said.

I hope they can figure it out.

Source: BBC

K.

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More bad news.

And some good news...
Gov. Fallin authorizes officials to arm full-time military personnel at certain facilities
OKLAHOMA CITY – In response to the attack on Marines in Tennessee, Gov. Mary Fallin has authorized Oklahoma military officials to arm full-time personnel at facilities similar to the ones that were attacked on Thursday... “Four unarmed Marines were killed in what appears to be a domestic terrorist attack,” Gov. Fallin said. “It is painful enough when we lose members of our armed forces when they are sent in harm’s way, but it is unfathomable that they should be vulnerable for attack in our own communities" ...The personnel may be armed with weapons that “adequately provide for security of the facilities and their occupants.” Those facilities include military recruiting offices.
More to follow, one may hope.
K.

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Wasn't this a "drive-by" shooting? How would those soldiers being armed have helped?

I don't like knee-jerk reactions, even when it's a jerk in the direction I support. I support the military being armed. I just don't want to see this action as being the something in the "we have to do something" scenario. We do not have to do something. We should have done something long ago, but, let's not kid ourselves. A drive-by shooting isn't going to be prevented by a soldier carrying a gun at his side.

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