DHS has specific programs to silence veterans, such as Operation Vigilant Eagle, which was started in 2009. See more on this program below.
We’ve seen the Washington Times report on a memo detailing Obama’s plan to use the military against citizens. Of course strategically it makes sense that in any such war, the first targets would be those who can defeat local law enforcement, organize others into field-ready teams, and train the other patriots in the finer points of combat: our veterans.
In the four years since the start of Operation Vigilant Eagle, the government has steadily ramped up its campaign to “silence” dissidents, especially those with military backgrounds. Coupled with the DHS’ dual reports on Rightwing and Leftwing “Extremism,” which broadly define extremists as individuals and groups “that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely,” these tactics have boded ill for anyone seen as opposing the government.
One particularly troubling mental health label being applied to veterans and others who challenge the status quo is “oppositional defiance disorder” (ODD). As journalist Anthony Martin explains, an ODD diagnosis
“denotes that the person exhibits ‘symptoms’ such as the questioning of authority, the refusal to follow directions, stubbornness, the unwillingness to go along with the crowd, and the practice of disobeying or ignoring orders. Persons may also receive such a label if they are considered free thinkers, nonconformists, or individuals who are suspicious of large, centralized government… At one time the accepted protocol among mental health professionals was to reserve the diagnosis of oppositional defiance disorder for children or adolescents who exhibited uncontrollable defiance toward their parents and teachers.”
The case of 26-year-old decorated Marine Brandon Raub—who was targeted because of his Facebook posts, interrogated by government agents about his views on government corruption, arrested with no warning, labeled mentally ill for subscribing to so-called “conspiratorial” views about the government, detained against his will in a psych ward for standing by his views, and isolated from his family, friends and attorneys—is a prime example of the government’s war on veterans.
Raub’s case exposes the seedy underbelly of a governmental system that is targeting Americans—especially military veterans—for expressing their discontent over America’s rapid transition to a police state.
sad. where are the minds of our police? have they none left? has power totally corrupted them? how the hell can an American policeman arrest an American vet like this? something is radically wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what Randy???? This post is not about idiots fighting police, it is about fucking criminal traitor American Police arresting our veteran heros! Get with the program dumb$#%&!@*!!!!!!!!!!!!!
F**k Osucka!
Veterans have more rights than you feds they fought to have this right you just go bowing to your king!!! Free them an leave them alone!!!
F**k obama he is a dirty lying muslim tratior. So go to hell
They have to get rid of the people that can defeat Obama.
This is a Country going under.
This guy told the truth about the military
We’re in it for the long haul.We don’t swear.2 tours Recon.Ever hug a friend blown in half.They don’t get it,never will.No soldier left behind!
OBAMA NOT ONE TO LET THE TRUTH GET IN THE WAY OF A GOOD STORY. F**E BIRTH CERTIFICATE F**E OBAMACARE F**E ROE VS WADE F**E HODGES VS OBERGEFELL THE BLOKE IS AS STRAIGHT AS A ROUNDABOUT. BUT THE PEOPLE HAVE WOKE UP AND HE IS EXPOSED FOR THE F**E HE IS. THATS WHY RUBIO IS GOING TO BE THE NEW PRESIDENT. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TRUTH AND A LIE TO MR OBAMA IS A BELIEVER AND HE HAS RAN OUT OF THEM.