U.S. Uncut – by Zach Cartwright
Indigenous water protectors at the Dakota Access Pipeline construction site just got assistance from military veterans.
Between December 4 and December 7, veterans of various branches of the United States armed forces have scheduled a “deployment” to show solidarity and lend support to the Standing Rock Sioux in North Dakota. The event, called “Veterans Stand for Standing Rock,” already has 108 confirmed RSVPs on Facebook, and features several high-profile progressive activists who have served in the military, including U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) and Baltimore police officer-turned police brutality whistleblower Michael A. Wood, Jr.
“Bring Body armor, gas masks, earplugs AND shooting mufflers (we may be facing a sound cannon) but no drugs, alcohol or weapons,” the event page, organized by Wes Clark Jr., states.
The Facebook event is already being used to organize logistics for the veterans to come to Standing Rock, complete with rideshare registration and financial assistance for veterans scattered around the country who want to support the protest.
“My husband is a veteran Army Combat Medic,” wrote Morgan McClure on the event page. “He has been talking about doing this for so long.”
Clark has also launched a GoFundMe page for the deployment, which he says will be used to provide material and logistical support to all the veterans wanting to join the Standing Rock protest from around the country. As of this writing, approximately $30,000 has been raised toward the $100,000 goal in just 10 days.
“Everyday becomes more evident that the defenders of America must stand with the Water Protectors,” Clark wrote on the GoFundMe page. “Let’s stop this savage injustice being committed right here at home. If not us, who? If not now, when?”
Clark cited the need for veterans to support the indigenous protesters at the pipeline construction site due to the excessive and heavy-handed militarized police response to the protests.
Here are some of what the protesters at Standing Rock have faced:
Mace, sound cannons. sniper guns pointed at unarmed civilians, journalists being shot with rubber bullets, journalists being arrested for covering the protests, attack dogs unleashed on groups including children, elder Natives getting tased and violently arrest[sic], protesters marked with numbers and kept in dog kennels after arrest…
The Dakota Access Pipeline, which would transport roughly half a million barrels of crude oil dailyunderneath the Missouri River, has had construction held up for months as protests continue to grow. Indigenous communities gathering at the construction site say the pipeline has the potential to permanently poison water supplies for millions of people who depend on the Missouri River for drinking, bathing, and farming. Part of the Dakota Access Pipeline construction route have been held up by the Obama administration, though that order has been ignored by pipeline builders.
“Most civilians who’ve never served in a uniform are gutless worms who’ve never been in a fight in their life,” Clark told Task & Purpose. “So if we don’t stop it, who will?”
Zach Cartwright is an activist and author from Richmond, Virginia. He enjoys writing about politics, government, and the media. Send him an email at zachcartwright88@gmail.com, and follow his work on the Public Banking Institute blog.
https://usuncut.com/resistance/veterans-plan-protest-support-standing-rock/
“Bring Body armor, gas masks, earplugs AND shooting mufflers (we may be facing a sound cannon) but no drugs, alcohol or weapons,”
And hope like hell you can “Take a lickin’, and keep on tickin’ ” (old commercial from the 60’s for you youngsters).
These rokit syentists aren’t even bringing knives to this gun fight.
https://youtu.be/2-BtquTKw78?t=2
*** “Bring Body armor, gas masks, earplugs AND shooting mufflers (we may be facing a sound cannon) but no drugs, alcohol or weapons,” the event page, organized by Wes Clark Jr., states. ***
Without weapons, these guys will have as much impact as the proverbial fart in a tornado.
*** “Most civilians who’ve never served in a uniform are gutless worms who’ve never been in a fight in their life,” Clark told Task & Purpose. “So if we don’t stop it, who will?” ***
But you WON’T stop it. You told everyone not to bring weapons, so what are you going to do that hasn’t already been tried by the other protesters?
And what’s this about civilians being “gutless worms” because we didn’t serve the Evil Empire? Yeah, that’s why I didn’t sign up for Uncle Scam’s military: because I was just too scared, and because I’ve never been in a fight in my life. It had nothing to do with my hatred for the Empire or my moral compass. I suppose I must be physically small and weak too, eh?
Let me tell you something, Wuss Clark, Jr. Merely having fought the Taliban and/or Iraqis, whom you had outnumbered and astronomically outgunned, doesn’t give you “badass” credentials. If you had those, you wouldn’t be leaving your weapons at home when joining these protesters. The fact is that you’re terrified to do what the Taliban and Iraqis did, which is offer armed resistance to US government forces. You’re afraid to provoke your masters, just as you (and certainly most of the guys I’ve seen in that vaunted uniform you fetishize) would probably be afraid to call this civilian a “gutless worm” to his face.
By all means, go out there, stand around, and do your attention-whoring. Just don’t pretend you’re fighting tyranny or keeping your oath. Leave that to Americans with real courage, civilians as well as ex-military, who will act either as individuals in response to provocation, or en masse when the time is right. (The protesters in the present situation are attempting to hold a piece of land on open terrain, which would be an impossible task even if they took up arms.)
Where is the MK militia?
I CALL BULL———COOKIES………………….. VETS ARE THE BIGGEST PUSSIES OF ALL………. OR THEY WOULD DEFEND THE “CONSTITUTION” AS PROMISED………………………
“Oathkeepers”, UNITE!
Form of…….an impotent, feckless unarmed group of useful idiots who have a propensity to catch bullets for their masters.
Shape of…….a pack of dildos who were just as effective as they were before in keeping their oath!
It’s a fakebook event, as stated, so you can bet your bottom dollar zuckerberg is on board with promoting such a soiree.
Go give all for a change and leave patriotic duties to patriots, you gutless f’g zionist serving worms.