America's Homegrown Terrorists

America's Homegrown Terrorists

Every time you turn on the television, read a newspaper or listen to the radio you are bound to hear something related to terrorism or war. In today's world, conflict or disagreement between people or nations is inevitable and it just so happens all of the peaceful naпve Americans are stuck in the middle of it. You see it's fine and dandy to be concerned with gang members armed with automatic weapons, terrorists from other nations and the occasional lunatic down the street who decides to randomly kill people. But why is no one concerned with the people the United States government trains to kill?

The government spends millions of dollars training a select few individuals in explosives, long range sharp-shooting, reconnaissance, infiltration, extraction, and several other lethal tactics unknown to civilians. Not only do these select individuals receive this intense training in the art of war, they are also desensitized to the point where they are almost not human. These once highly intelligent and very physically and mentally fit men are now highly sophisticated, extremely intelligent killing machines. Their number one priority is the accomplishment of the mission, and they will do what- ever necessary to finish their objective. In fact, these men are so elite and so deadly, the terrorists themselves decided to employ the same training regimens in the training of fellow terrorists.

What about Oklahoma City, the Twin Towers of 911, the recent killing of three wives by special forces soldiers returning from Afghanistan, the D.C. sniper and the Uni-bomber? All these acts revolve around the intent to kill in a concealed manner using unconventional methods. The same methods our special forces units thrive on. With the exception of the special forces soldiers who killed their wives, all of these terrorist acts involved the reconnaissance of the area, the analysis of the information gained, the construction of a plan, and carrying out the mission itself. All of these events were done by extremely intelligent and highly trained individuals. Ted Kaczynski didn't receive his training in the military, but the others did and the terrorists who perpetrated the 911 attacks received similar training from military officials.

So why are very few people concerned with the government training individuals in the art of war, then placing them in live fire situations, sending them off to war to kill, and then returning them to the streets when their time is done?

It's shocking to look around and see how many homeless people, bums and blue collar factory or construction workers are ex-military infantry or special forces. These people receive no real job training, they are taken mentally and physically to levels beyond that of a normal human being, and are eventually discarded by the same government who took away their individuality and spirit. If you really think about the job opportunities for these individuals when they are discharged from the military; other than law enforcement, security and mercenaries, there are very few positions these people are trained for. Even then, very few people who work with these individuals can withstand the intensity and directness imbedded into these individuals. I was personally fired from my first three jobs after being discharged for being too harsh and direct with both fellow employees and my employers. I not only questioned the work ethic and laziness of the employees, but the lack of organization of the employer as well. Granted, I was correct about the employees being lazy, I handled it with a Marine's mentality and flat out told them they were lazy pieces of shit. There were better ways to deal with the situation, but at the time that's how I was used to being treated and dealt with. In the Corps if you were lazy or made a mistake, someone told you so in a very direct manner and nothing was sugar coated or politically correct.

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