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Former Homeland Security head s advice following Capitol attack: Buckle up
An angry mob running roughshod and unchecked through the Capitol and onto the floor of the United States Senate – a scene as once unthinkable as airplanes crashing into buildings. They could have blown the building up, said Sen. Lindsey Graham. They could have killed us all. They could have destroyed the government. We dodged a major bullet yesterday.
The barriers erected and manned by the Capitol Police were little more than speed bumps to the angry mob. They had these pathetic little barricades up beforehand, and what they should have done is had much more robust capabilities well in advance of the sixth of January, said former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.
By John Young
It’s the quote of the year, or the last four.
Retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré described the matter as “operating on a level of stupid I have never seen before.”
It wasn’t just stupid, he said. It was “super stupid.”
So, which of the following was it?
(A) Not finding a moment in a half dozen phone conversations to ask Vladimir Putin about bounties on U.S. troops in Afghanistan;
(B) Downplaying the immense likelihood of a massive Russian hack of U.S. systems;
(C) Mulling martial law to overturn the 2020 election.
Answer: Honoré was reacting to “C” – but we can assume any number of military brass said as much about “A” and “B.”