JD Vance and Pete Hegseth know how to hurt Californians: on short notice, they shut down I-5 for four hours while the army fired live ammunition over the freeway. Why, I don’t know — it’s a pointless and risky exercise. Then there was a misfire, and a shell detonated prematurely over the freeway, spattering (harmlessly, fortunately) the police blocking the road with shrapnel.
This is insane.
Why do this at all, other than to let Hegseth flaunt his machismo? And maybe intimidate the citizenry a little bit. Have no fear, the military makes excuses.
A spokesperson for the Marine Corps told CBS News that the incident was under investigation.
“We are aware of the report of a possible airborne detonation of a 155mm artillery round outside the designated impact area during the U.S. Marine Corps Amphibious Capabilities Demonstration at Camp Pendleton, CA, Oct. 18,” said a statement from USMC, in part. “The demonstration went through a rigorous safety evaluation, and deliberate layers of redundancy, to ensure the safety of fellow citizens. Following established safety protocols, firing was suspended. No injuries occurred and the demonstration concluded as scheduled. An investigation has been initiated. We are committed to determining the incident’s root cause and applying findings to future missions.”
They did nothing wrong! And they will investigate to find out what happened.
I think what happened is that a pair of incompetent MAGA scoundrels meddled with an exercise to get them to stupidly fire big dangerous guns over the freeway, because they like pushing people around.
How many amphibians did they kill?
Do they not have designated shooting ranges for this stuff? 155mm guns can reach well over 16 miles, so you have to get the details right.
“Denying that an escape of nerve gas was responsible for a massive sheep kill in Utah this spring; a spokesman for the US military announced plans to prevent it from happening again”
quoted from one of Denys Parsons’ books of clangers.
The military acted appropriately following instructions from their civilian leaders. It appears that Newsome was responsible for closing down the freeway. Is he the only Democrat who can go up against this rogue Administration? The stupidity of this Administration is bonkers beyond belief. Their actions are questionable, no irrational. The current Administration prioritizes projecting a macho image, at the expense of American lives.
Also, wondering if the ammo manufacturer will be checked for quality control on their products.
Did they get their ammunition from North Korea? if American munitions explode prematurely, this is a problem. And needs investigation.
Because they can get away with it and want to show off that theycan get away with it. Tointimidate and throw their weight around against the bluest state (atleats by repuatuon) and to piddle hiughest in their own selfish little minds.
Because they think its fun and funny and it amuses them all the more especially because it seems to upset and troll others who they dislike and resent for being better than they are. Basically because they are bullies and douchebags.
It’s worth noting that they refused to close down the freeway, and insisted (when Newsom found out they weren’t and did it himself) that it was pointless fearmongering and Newsom was a bad governor for doing it –
And then this happened.
Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week
@ stuffin : What exactly do you think other Democrats can do given they do NOT control Congress or have real power or sufficient numbers to achieve much here? Serious question.
Also the media is very much against them and it is quite possible that a lot of them are speaking out loudly but we are not usually hearing about that becuase the media ignore sthem and those anti-Trump speaches because,well, media barons incl. social media, example of Colbert and Kimmel, ad nauseam