The Air Force is the only one of the military branches involved in President Donald Trump's mandated border mission to not disclose publicly the number of service members or what units they're coming from.
I get what you’re saying, if this was a hollywood “Carry-on” kinda movies. But, something doesn’t pass the smell test.
Why would a gang target a service member performing a deportation flight to another country? What benefit could they receive from being exposed going after a private who’s just guard duty on a plane? If it’s just a, “there’s no benefit, they’re just evil and target people for fun” I would need some actual evidence of something like this being done and the procedures put into place after to just trust any ol’ internet stranger proclaiming subject knowledge.
The practice originates from prisoner movement during our global war on terror. It was due to concern over domestic operatives targeting armed forces members, which is not new. The linked story is an example of this being used to instill fear.
While I don’t think this equates at all for simple deportation flights, this seems to be the underlying justification for the above tactic, be it to prevent retaliation or “making an example” to scare away further attempts at deportation.
Again, I didn’t think this concern is nearly as founded as it was during global war on terrorism, but this is what I think is the justification.
I get what you’re saying, if this was a hollywood “Carry-on” kinda movies. But, something doesn’t pass the smell test.
Why would a gang target a service member performing a deportation flight to another country? What benefit could they receive from being exposed going after a private who’s just guard duty on a plane? If it’s just a, “there’s no benefit, they’re just evil and target people for fun” I would need some actual evidence of something like this being done and the procedures put into place after to just trust any ol’ internet stranger proclaiming subject knowledge.
The practice originates from prisoner movement during our global war on terror. It was due to concern over domestic operatives targeting armed forces members, which is not new. The linked story is an example of this being used to instill fear.
While I don’t think this equates at all for simple deportation flights, this seems to be the underlying justification for the above tactic, be it to prevent retaliation or “making an example” to scare away further attempts at deportation.
Again, I didn’t think this concern is nearly as founded as it was during global war on terrorism, but this is what I think is the justification.