{"id":13972,"date":"2009-08-27T12:30:26","date_gmt":"2009-08-27T17:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=13972"},"modified":"2009-08-27T12:30:26","modified_gmt":"2009-08-27T17:30:26","slug":"who-ya-gonna-call-a-scud-buster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=13972","title":{"rendered":"Who ya gonna call? A Scud-buster?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let’s say for the sake of discourse that you are a drug kingpin and you have someone you just absolutely need someone dead overnight. Money is not a huge obstacle, but you need someone with a proven track record who can get the job done. Someone who can be discreet. Now, on a continuum from Marine Sniper with numerous kills in A-stan to the Chaplain, where exactly would a PFC in an Air Defense Artillery Brigade <\/a>fall?<\/p>\n

Pfc. Michael Jackson Apodaca, 18 who was arrested Monday, is accused of working as a paid hit man, and assassinating a member of the Juarez Cartel who had become an informant for U.S. authorities…<\/p>\n

Pfc. Apodaca enlisted in the Army in September 2008. He is stationed with the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade at Fort Bliss.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, the author at least went off to wild-assed speculation-ville to round out his report:<\/p>\n

While this is the first known instance of a U.S. soldier working as an assassin for the drug cartels, this may simply be a consequence of the evolving threat posed to this country by the cartels, as well as a result of the criminal gang activity which now exists in the U.S. military.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I wonder if Mark Potok wrote this article?<\/p>\n

In April 2009, the FBI released a statement on the growing problem of gangs in the military, and the threat they now pose to U.S. police officers. What follows is an excerpt from that statement:<\/p>\n

\u201cGang members with military training pose a unique threat to law enforcement personnel because of the distinctive military skills that they possess and their willingness to teach these skills to fellow gang members. While the number of gang members trained by the military is unknown, the threat that they pose to law enforcement is potentially significant, particularly if gang members trained in weapons, tactics, and planning pass this instruction on to other gang members.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Obviously Potok didn’t write it, he would have changed “gangs” to right-wing extremists, since he isn’t concerned about the Crips and Bloods getting into the military, as evidenced by the fact that he has twice now (that I have seen) conflated “Gangs” with “Right Wing Extremists”…<\/p>\n

Oh, and Pfc. Michael Jackson Apodaca…thanks a lot, Dick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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