Natty Bumppo
5 year old buck +
How can you look at all the facts and all the f ups and not see an inside job here? Admittedly I am somewhat of a conspiracy theorist but I tried to not go there with this. It keeps grabbing me by the nose and pulling me back in .
Sorry Bill, I don't. That's not where my mind goes...I am not a flat Earth, chem. trail, grassy knoll, Area 51, fake moon landing conspiracy theory kind of a guy.
I could flip the question and ask you how you could possibly believe that this dorky social misfit...the kind of kid who fits the description of most disgruntled mass shooters over the past quarter century...the kid who didn't make his high school marksmanship team....the kid who bought ammo that day for his dad's borrowed rifle...was the guy deep state operatives for some reason picked to be an elite assassin?
100% agree with you though that this was a total collapse and failure of the secret service. The mistakes that were made were utterly baffling, and if not for what was at stake, I would also say utterly laughable. In November of 1990 President Bush visited US troops stationed at King Abdul Aziz Air Base in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia for Thanksgiving during Desert Shield. I was detailed along with 2 of my buddies and 2 sec. service snipers to the top of a building that oversaw the podium where he gave his famous speech...about 500 yards away. We had scoped M14's and high power binocculars and our job was simply to scan and keep a broad eye out for trouble on and around the tarmac...scanning other buildings, tents, hardened aircraft shelters, etc. So, I tell you this because I've been there, and I understand that it can be hectic and chaotic and, at times, an overwhelming job. I don't know why the sec. service snipers allowed this kid to climb that roof and remain alive for as long as they did. The facts, at face value, are horrendous, I agree. But I don't go conspiracy theory.