26471, it would be a mistake to assume...
Posted by zewari, Thu Nov-11-04 01:31 PM
... the only reason why tanks would show up is for offensive purposes. if the above story isn't true, then the most probable motive would be psychological intimidation. the US military has been conducting urban warfare exercise in many cities through out the south, and the city of san antonio had to fight off an effort by the military to conduct publicly unannounced "urban warfare" exercises in one of its impoverished sectors. there is a clear mandate for undermining posse commatatus, and its not inconceivable to assume this tank incident would be in line with that agenda
on another note, the explanation by the steve guy seems pretty dumb. these guys are NOT casual tourists... and they undoubtedly would not just "stray" off course. plus, i'm sure they have all sorts of communication equipment in their tanks that would allow them to get accurate coordinates. it just seems like a stretch, in all honesty
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so i jumped on the bandwagon:
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