Obama Inauguration Requires 11,500 Military Personnel-4000 Police Officers
12-18-08
This is some presidential inauguration security contingent I’ll tell you! 4,000 police officers from 96 agencies, 11,500 military personnel and an undisclosed number of Secret Service agents will be swarming all over Washington D.C. when Obama is sworn is as the next President of the U.S.
I have no idea who’s decision it really was to assemble this massive number of law enforcement and military people for the occasion but at first blush I would have to ask, a little over the top fellas or what? I realize Obama’s head is as big around as the moon and his ego has no bounds but this is ridiculous. I could understand if it was a Republican president elect needing this level of protection as the left wing lunatics in this country love nothing more than disrupting any event involving the GOP but let’s be honest, conservatives are grown ups and don’t go around acting like juvenile hooligans destroying stuff and getting into fights with the fuzz.
So what is the deal? According to the chicagotribune.com the U.S. military will be on “high alert” with increased air defenses and chemical attack experts on hand. I presume it’s in case Russia decides to attempt a surprise takeover of the country at precisely the same time Obama gets sworn in.
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