I was in the Army. I was not a Green Beret but I was a training dummy for Robin Sage, the final exam for prospective Green Beret students.
I also know a few former Green Beanies. I understand how the Army trains Soldiers. Almost all of the training is mind numbing repetition. This seems redundant as hell until you realize that they’ve trained you to do things without thinking. At first it is simple things. Stand still. March. Stop. Turn.
Then it is slightly more complex. If your weapon malfunctions perform SPORTS. Slap the Magazine. Pull the Charging Handle. Observe the chamber. Release the charging handle. Tap the forward assist. Shoot.
You do this over and over again because in combat if you do have a malfunction they don’t want you thinking about it, they want your hands doing it before you get done swearing about it.
As you progress in rank and responsibility you begin doing even more complex things automatically. They spend anywhere between a year and eighteen months training Green Berets. Imagine how much is automatic for them?
So the idea that this guy went with the least effective things he could is so out of character for a Soldier of his training that I can’t begin to describe it. He literally ignored a lifetime of training and experience to do it this way.
There is an old saying. When in doubt, you go with what you know. For me, it is my training as a Combat Engineer. I have relied upon that extensively during hurricane cleanup. I did rigging, ropes and pulleys. Weight calculations and maximum strength estimates. All of which I learned in the Army. I’ve been out of the Army since 1997. I still think like an Engineer. My buddies are the same. We chat on Facebook. So if we were trained to do that, it seems beyond impossible that a Green Beanie was trained incompetently.
Good posts.
I agree. I don't believe that the LV event was a mistake that wasn't planned. I read yesterday that the guy in LV made 3 trips to LV prior to his final trip. Why? I don't know but sounds as if he was practicing, a dry run.
Also, if he was despondent over his wife very recently leaving him why the hell would he rent a Musk truck, fill it up with highly inflammatory items, gun up and drive to LV? Somehow despondency and fireworks don't make sense.
Assuming Livelsberger was paranoid regarding something related to his duties or knowledge of super classified information a valid issue? Could be. We don't know.
Was Livelsberger displaying signs of paranoia? Has he been under psychiatric care recently? Was he under the impression that the military (CID) or the FBI or the CIA was tracking him? [Government tracking, etc. doesn't have to be true if to believed it was true.]
Recently there has been an undercurrent of official concern about Islamic terrorism
in the US. It's there. It has been
slightly reported in the news, but it is there if you look for it.
From what I have read Washington is concerned. The subtext is that ISIS and Al-Qaeda (not necessarily working in concert) have been planning and preparing to take the war to the infidels where they live and work and play. This also includes attacks on American embassies.
Their plans include Europe.
ISIS has been relatively quiet but not inactive. At some point in the recent past they decided to decentralize their command and control for reasons of security. The greater number of people who are knowledgeable the greater the chance strategy and specific operations can be leaked and compromised.
If I recall correctly, somewhere I read that ISSI was using and planned to use and or appeal to people who were somewhat mentally unstable to plan and carry out attacks. With all this in mind ISIS encourages - but does not necessarily direct - attacks through covert suggestions at large. ISIS has given future terrorists permission and encouragement to act alone or with a few compatriots. Terrorists' choice of how and where are often flexible.
Terrorists may self select and never actually be in contact with ISIS. Point being there is and will be little contact between terrorists and ISIS.
The year 2025 is supposed to be the year the fit hits the shan. Some attacks will be coordinated (swarm attacks at multiple locations across the globe).
Were LV and NO connected? We don't know. Maybe Washington does. It is possible.
Something not right
