From "What we know about the 2 National Guard members shot near White House/The two soldiers are still in critical condition" (ABC New).
Pirro = Jeanine Pirro, U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.
"The victims were identified as 20-year-old Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom and 24-year-old U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe."
The quoted text gives the impression that Beckstrom and Wolfe were under-prepared but I don't think that impression is correct. I think the swearing in was the activation for this immediate mission. Both had been in the National Guard for years.
UPDATE: I'm just hearing President Trump announce that Sarah Beckstrom has died.
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I'd be interested to know how much body armor they had, and what rifles, etc. they had. And the same with the shooter.
Story yesterday was he came around corner, shot woman with his 357 revolver, she fell, he took her pistol and shot her in the head, and then shot the other Guard.
As usual, story may change hourly/daily
Agreed Anne. Legacy media at it again. Why?
A Major who was supervising, then attacked the perpetrator with a pocket knife! Another soldier then shot the attacker.
Can the media be any more vile than they are?
The collective left follow orders.
You are to HATE the National Guard.
If they truly march to the orders of their corporate masters, I find it hard to believe that businesses operating for profit would think this negative horseshit is a sustainable, winning strategy… it makes no sense.
Unless, of course, they are also beneficiaries of the raid on the US Treasury.
Take matt gutman who tried to whitewash charlie kirks killer was part of the san bernardino coverup
Predicted Messaging Machine response: leave out relevant information so its not "technically" "lying":
"A Muslim immigrant was gunned down on the street by Trump's para-military operation who were "just following orders." Human rights advocates had warned repeatedly that Trump's use of the military on city streets was straight from the authoritarian handbook and would inevitably lead to violence."
The press has turned the-benefit-of-the-doubt on it's head. The healthy thing to do is to expect mischief.
Like the shooter, the Guardsmen are Trump's victims. So am I. So are you. That's the message.
Happy Thanksgiving.
They need to pay another 10 million
24 and 20. I’m sick for their famalies.
Iman said...
Can the media be any more vile than they are?
Read the comments by Inga, TeaBagHag, et. al. Yeah, the media can go lower. And probably will.
I suspect the "swearing in" was to deputize them as federal law enforcement. That qualifies the prosecution as an attack on federal law enforcement officers which is a more serious charge.
Army Specialist and AF Staff Sergeant: they've completed at least one enlistment term.
Continued prayers for the Guardsmen. Dang…
Well based on the age, the 20 yo was in the Army for at most 3 years. Confusingly, a USAF Staff Sergeant is an E-5, one grade lower than the ranks called by that name in the Army and USMC. At 24 yo, he's been in for at most 7 years. But yes, in typical military fashion, I am quite sure they were put on the street only after a formal program of individual and unit training for the mission, especially since it has been going on for a few months. The deputization - either as Special Deputy US Marshals or special DC peace officers or both - would be the final formality, done in town because that's where the people swearing them in are.
Still and all, if you aren't used to the ebb and flow of crowds in a busy place like the Farragut West Metro entrance, and the complex geometry of an urban environment, it's easy to be surprised. Still pretty easy even if you are used to it. Also difficult to bring a rifle to bear on a threat from any sort of the carry positions I've seen the Guard using here. And we don't know what condition they're carrying in - is there a round in the chamber, or do they have to charge the weapon first? CC, JSM
Heartbreaking.
...24-year-old U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe.
Interesting. That means they're deploying Air National Guard as well as Army National Guard, not something they normally do if they just want boots on the ground. I wonder if this is because they're deploying MP/SP units? That would make a lot of sense if you want them to supplement Federal law enforcement.
Has Senator "disobey ilegal orders" Kelly made himslf available for comment?
Wajahat Ali: National Guard Who Were 'Unleashed' to 'Terrorize' Americans 'Deserve Better'
When you are repeating cair talking points
It’s like Jane Mayer cannot grasp the concept of successful deterrence.
“This is so tragic, so unnecessary, these poor guardsmen should never have been deployed. I live in DC and watched as they had virtually nothing to do but pick up trash. It was for political show and at what a cost,” Jane Mayer said on X.
Dad of the female victim is holding her hand, watching her die.
American Thanksgiving.
“ American Thanksgiving.”
Biden-inflicted tragedy.
This Thanksgiving - may the Biden family be cursed...
Lets roll all the tapes of leftist Democratic Communist authoritarians vilifying the National Guard - shall we?
The shooter allegedly worked with the CIA according to CIA director. I hate Biden, but the Trump admin allegedly approved his asylum application earlier this year. So the shit storm isn’t all Biden’s fault.
Well shes evil i have spelled out how much since she waa in the la times
Bush and the neocon fucks are also to blame for getting us involved in irrelevant wars, if you want to look at root causes.
If he was in country and he hadnt killed any coalition forces well that qualifies
How is the CIA Trump's fault?
Lawnerd - you got any proof to back up your assertions?
NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...
...24-year-old U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe.
Interesting. That means they're deploying Air National Guard as well as Army National Guard, not something they normally do if they just want boots on the ground. I wonder if this is because they're deploying MP/SP units? That would make a lot of sense if you want them to supplement Federal law enforcement.
They are probably asking their units for volunteers to go on active.
The Democrats defunded the police, and made crime - penalty free. But blame Trump.
"but the Trump admin"
Anybody who's been paying attention knows there are a not insignificant number of Democrat federal workers who are viscerally opposed to Trump and everything his administration is trying to do.
Did Trump appoint the person/persons who approved the asylum claim?
He was with the kandahar strike force which had ties to the company
Peachy, do some fucking searches and read the news. A CIA director confirmed me worked for the CIA during the war. This guy worked for us in Afghanistan and ANY admin was going to let him in this country when the war ended.
Mason G said...
"but the Trump admin"
Anybody who's been paying attention knows there are a not insignificant number of Democrat federal workers who are viscerally opposed to Trump and everything his administration is trying to do.
Did Trump appoint the person/persons who approved the asylum claim?
Then start wholesale firing these people. Ship all asylum seekers out until we hire new people to do the paperwork.
Hmmm MM mmm
Bold off.
Congress moving slow is another topic. this topic is 2 innocent people murdered because Biden let crappy illegal people in - and somehow this human sleeper cell got to stay...
The left have gone into over-drive to protect illegals and vilify our national Guard and our Immigration enforcement personnel.
Lawnerd said...
The shooter allegedly worked with the CIA according to CIA director. I hate Biden, but the Trump admin allegedly approved his asylum application earlier this year. So the shit storm isn’t all Biden’s fault.
I agree Trump is taking too long. He is too nice for this job.
Every day he is not railing against our do nothing Congress he is going to lose support.
If we take a passive stance going into the midterms it will be a disaster. Trump needs to be pushing bills and he needs to start an active campaign to primary the GOPe turds out of congress.
If there is no action or energy put into focusing on congress nobody will vote in the midterms because electing republicans to congress seems like a wasted of time.
It is not the CIAs fault! I didn’t say that! Jesus. It is the killer’s fault. What I am saying is that laying the blame solely on Biden is bullshit. Oh but for Trump to be in anyway responsible he has to personally approve his asylum! WTF. This guy was a US asset and helped us in our war, ANY admin was going to let him in and approve his asylum request. And they wouldn’t be to blame because how could you tell this shitbag was going to do this unless you are a fucking mind reader.
Lawnerd said...
Peachy, do some fucking searches and read the news. A CIA director confirmed me worked for the CIA during the war. This guy worked for us in Afghanistan and ANY admin was going to let him in this country when the war ended.
It is pretty clear the CIA has been an enemy of the American people for decades.
Trump is not doing enough to deal with this.
So Trump blames Biden in one of his moronic midnight rants and more than half of the mindless posters her immediately jump on that bandwagon without any diligence or thought.
Whoever was running the autopen let him in,
You see how hard it is to expel a known criminal like the 'maryland dad'
Achilles I agree, the CIA is a cesspool but we have to own it. This isn’t a right vs left issue or a dem vs republican issue. It is a USA has a history of being a bad actor issue. Making it a Biden is a tool story isn’t helping anyone and isn’t correct. This coming from someone who thinks Biden is the dumbest president in history.
Half the people on this board have been (redacted) for that shred of debris
Lawnerd - none of those wars are Trump's fault - Bitch.
Ex-FBI agent says Afghan vetting was ‘free-for-all’ after 2021 withdrawal
"The ambush shooting of two National Guard members near the White House is fueling fresh scrutiny of the vetting of Afghan evacuees, with former FBI special agent Nicole Parker telling Fox News Digital the screening process during the rushed 2021 withdrawal was essentially a "free-for-all."
Tens of thousands of Afghans were evacuated to the U.S. in the wake of the withdrawal and subsequent Taliban takeover of the country. The chaotic nature of the operation raised concerns at the time from Republicans, and in official reports, that some evacuees were not properly vetted and could have catastrophic consequences.
"They said it is a ticking time bomb waiting to explode because we've just allowed all of these people into our country," Parker told Fox News Digital."
Bill Kristol is Dragged for an Old Post Comparing Afghan Refugees to Charlie Kirk and We're Here for It – Twitchy https://share.google/MxhOH0QBiaPxNStYP
Peachy, did I say the wars were Trump’s fault. No I did not, bitch. I said they were Bush’s fault. Reading comprehension isn’t your strong suit is it?
more:
"In the wake of the disastrous Biden withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Biden administration justified bringing the alleged shooter to the United States in September 2021 due to his prior work with the U.S. government, including CIA, as a member of a partner force in Kandahar, which ended shortly following the chaotic evacuation," said CIA Director John Ratcliffe."
Peachy, FYI typically I avoid reading most of your shrill, biased, and uninformed posts. Going forward I will avoid reading all of them.
https://x.com/ShidelerK/status/1994103295401443792
"The father of National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom, who was critically wounded in Wednesday’s attack in Washington, D.C., said Thursday that his daughter is not expected to survive."
It was even illustrated in zero dark thirty
Question is, what influenced the killer to leave, and disgrace, his family, allegedly drive 4,000 miles with a pistol, to murder a couple of random NG? Seems pretty stupid. Has to spend a lot of time on the road, pay for food and gas, expect to be caught or killed, and yet had no specific target and didn't bring an automatic rifle or big-clip 9mm?
Not to mention, if he lumped NG in with ICE, could have found closer ICE whereabouts on internet .
Any commenter here who has watched tv or read a book could have come up with a better plan.
Seriously, imagine you have no conscience, and you are not afraid of dying, you gonna drive across country with a pistol to make a statement.
Of course, like the Las Vegas killer, and others, prob never find out true motivation although dem hateful propaganda def an influence.
Not only MSM propaganda, but vicious tik tok and reddit type comments, which are many times worse.
"Oh but for Trump to be in anyway responsible he has to personally approve his asylum! WTF."
If this was directed at my comment, go back and read it again because that's not what I said.
@Lawnerd: Three adjectives, zero counterpoints. Efficiency in misogyny is still misogyny.
The ill-advised Afghanistan occupation rears its head once again. I do believe that any administration would have let this guy in given his connections to the U.S. effort in that blighted country even though I don't think it was wise to let him in the first place given what it is he actually did in Afghanistan according to the reports. We created a weapon out of him and then brought it home with us.
More Whites executed without warning by non-Whites. Diversity fng sucks.
It wasn't that long ago that AOC was explaining how the Rs were 'stochastic terrorists', putting Democrat lives at risk with their rhetoric. If you take AOC's words from prior years and imagine she said them today, would they make sense coming out of a Democrat's mouth? Or do we have to wait for more NG and Charlie Kirk's to drop before the obvious is recognized?
"And they wouldn’t be to blame because how could you tell this shitbag was going to do this unless you are a fucking mind reader.
You don't have to be mind reader- the probability of this kind shooter showing up out of, let's say, 100 such granted asylums is going to be pretty high- high enough that thoughtful government might not let any of the 100 across the border. Of course, government is never thoughtful to that kind of degree and so we are left wondering how many more like that arrived on those flights.
As a rule I never support lynchings.
I read somewhere today, but I can't remember where, that they were carrying side arms not rifles. I don't know if that was true or not.
"I'm just hearing President Trump announce that Sarah Beckstrom has died."
Has The Autopen weighed in on behalf of FJB, yet?
At this point, any Muslim in our country is a candidate for Sudden Onset Jihad Syndrome. Allowing any of them into our country was a mistake. Same for Europe: I read that in Germany, they are setting up anti-tank barriers around their Christmas markets. They never really needed to do that when I was in Germany 40 years ago. All they had then was some Turkish gastarbeiters, and they were mostly secular Muslims. Now they've had the tsunami of "migrants" wash over their country and it's unsafe.
Lawnerd said...
Achilles I agree, the CIA is a cesspool but we have to own it. This isn’t a right vs left issue or a dem vs republican issue. It is a USA has a history of being a bad actor issue. Making it a Biden is a tool story isn’t helping anyone and isn’t correct. This coming from someone who thinks Biden is the dumbest president in history.
I agree. But look at what is happening with Ukraine right now.
Trump had a deal that the Russians were close to accepting then Rubio worked his way in there and fucked it up. Trump is still letting these Neocon fuckwads pull strings.
Has Trump even deported 100,000 people yet? Is there any evidence we will hit 1 million deportations this year? If Trump can't deport 1 million people this year he is an utter failure. He was elected to deport illegals. So fucking start deporting illegals.
Slotkin isn't arrested yet despite being a CIA agent in congress having put out an obvious public code on National Guard soldiers a few days before a CIA asset shot 2 national guard soldiers. Trump was elected to clean the swamp. So start cleaning the fucking swamp.
Theyve deported two million
UPDATE: I'm just hearing President Trump announce that Sarah Beckstrom has died.
First reports said that Rahmanullah Lakanwal shot her in the head with her own weapon after shooting her with a handgun, but later reports said she was shot twice with Lakanwal's .357 magnum revolver, the second time in the head from close range. That's a very powerful handgun, and head wounds with even weaker rounds are seldom survivable.
RIP Sarah.
narciso said...
Theyve deported two million
If you count self deportations. I don't. If you want to count self deportations that number needs to be at least 5 million this year.
The reason only 1.6 million of the 40+ million illegals have self deported is they correctly figure they have 40 years before they are all caught at this rate.
Well you cant do it with all vekakte (i could use soanish idiom) judges all around and a possum congress
Big Mike said...
UPDATE: I'm just hearing President Trump announce that Sarah Beckstrom has died.
First reports said that Rahmanullah Lakanwal shot her in the head with her own weapon after shooting her with a handgun, but later reports said she was shot twice with Lakanwal's .357 magnum revolver, the second time in the head from close range. That's a very powerful handgun, and head wounds with even weaker rounds are seldom survivable.
RIP Sarah.
Many times with head wounds caused by guns they can keep the body alive until the family gets there to say good bye. I saw that happen a few times in the Army.
My guess is they knew this was a done deal early on if he walked up and shot her in the head while she was on the ground.
Lawturd - Not a problem. bitch.
So horrible and sad.
So will the corrupt left throw a big party? They wanted this.
Maybe this isn't a left/right thing. Maybe it's evil/good or crazy/sane. Or both of those.
Collective left settle on their excuse
More blood on Biden's hands... but we all know he had many enablers on his staff... they all have blood on their hands.. MILLONS of illegals with no vetting.. murderers, terrorist, child molesters, robbers, insane... just opened the doors and let them in.. why? DEMOCRAT VOTES!!!!
Leftists never dutifully obeyed commands from on high to protest the National Guard
Al Jezeera is paying attention to what American leftists do and how they behave.
Leftists are the catalyst to Islamic terrorism.
The left demand crime ridden cities - and if you don't obey - they will inspire murder.
Trump needs to personally execute lakanwal
Sgt Wolfe was in an Air NG Military Police unit. Army MPs are trained in civilian policing. I assume AF as well but don't know.
Many guardsmen and women in military police units are civilian cops in their day jobs. I've not seen anything about what Wolfe or Beckstrom did but it would not surprise me if they were law enforcement.
John Henry
I happened to watch a "Blue Bloods" rerun tonight from season 6. In the episode the mayor says something inflammatory after a cop was exonerated in a shooting, and some thug decides to shoot a cop in cold blood on the street. Sound familiar? Except that in the episode the mayor takes responsibility for what he said and apologizes. I guess he's not a Democrat.
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