Some young men of indeterminate religious and ethnic affiliation tried to commit an act of mass murder on a European train. Because of the efforts of same brave American passengers (and one French passenger), it didn’t work out so well for them.
The struggle was brief, bloody and chaotic.
The high-speed train was zipping from Amsterdam to Paris on Friday when a shirtless man emerged from the bathroom — a rifle slung over his shoulder, witnesses said.
A French passenger and three Americans — a civilian, an Air Force member and a National Guard member — jumped into action. They quickly tackled him, possibly averting a massacre aboard the train.
By the time the suspect was subdued, three people had nonlife-threatening injuries, said Anthony Blondeau, a spokesman for Arras city in northern France, where the train pulled up after the incident and the suspect was arrested. One of the Americans was among the injured.
The best efforts of the left to turn Americans into effeminate pansies have not yet quite succeeded.
The European Socialists the left want Americans to emulate, on the other hand, not brave so much.
The staff hurried towards their own car on the train and opened it ‘with a special key’ before they locked themselves inside.
Mr Anglade claims he and other passengers banged on the door and shouted at staff to open up, but their cries for help were ignored.
He said: ‘Nobody replied, there was radio silence. It was terrible and unbearable, it was inhumane.”
It sounds like they were doing the “shelter in place” thing, which is how the Government tells us we should respond to terror attacks. “Shelter in place. Wait for the authorities. Do not attempt to save yourself, you aren’t qualified.”
I wonder if Obama will take credit for the heroism of the three Americans, the way he took credit for killing Osama bin Laden. Or will they be prosecuted for a hate crime?
WOW!!!
Bath House Barry will personally call the 26yo moslem Moroccan. The jihadi had over 200 rounds with 7 spare mags for his full auto AK-47. Oddly such a weapon is illegal in france.
While they dropped the standards for Rangers so women could be carried thru the course a US special forces soldier being kicked out of the military for beating up moslem that raped a 12yo boy. “They were relieved of duty because they confronted a child rapist and woman-beating low-life bastard without seriously injuring or killing him.”
http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=61500
I guess James Edwards job is kicking out military people.
Yet another example of why without Anglo-American sweat, blood and treasure the French would STILL be speaking German — and loving-it.
Anyone for Vichy Water and Petain, err… pate’?
The guys who tackled the gunman did it without guns.
Just sayin’.
@ CrayCrayPatriot: And I suppose that the fact that five men, two of whom are U.S. servicemen, took down a man whose gun was jammed means that guns can be banned, right? Never mind the fact that one of the men nearly lost a finger.
I direct you to Mohandas Gandhi, who counted the disarmament of the natives as one of the British’s greatest sins in India.
I’m just pointing out a fact.
:shrug:
I thought one of the Americans hit the terrorist with his own gun. So, yes, a good gun with a gun stopped a bad guy with a gun.
:shrug:
#2 Steve: they dropped the standards for Rangers so women could be carried thru the course
Please provide evidence that standards were dropped. I am not aware of any.
The women did repeat phases of training (“recycle”). 80% of graduates recycle. Just means more time on a really rough road.
http://taskandpurpose.com/the-women-graduating-ranger-school-had-it-harder-than-i-did/
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/08/18/432763326/two-women-are-graduating-from-army-ranger-school-what-does-it-mean
Sadler described the attack to the Associated Press:
“As he was cocking it to shoot it, Alek just yells, ‘Spencer, go!’ And Spencer runs down the aisle,” Sadler said. “Spencer makes first contact, he tackles the guy, Alek wrestles the gun away from him, and the gunman pulls out a boxcutter and slices Spencer a few times. And the three of us beat him until he was unconscious.”
I, too, was unaware of the Ranger standards being lowered to get the women through. In fact, I heard assurances of the direct opposite in which it was emphasized that no standards or limits or expectations were altered in any way to accommodate the women. I would like to see the facts that point to the contrary.
All three Americans and their British compatriot are getting the Legion of Honor with both cheeks kissed by the President of France.
They should also receive the Bishnu Shrestha Award for Rail Passenger Bad-Assery.
Prof. Mark Moogalian, the 4th American involved and the first to confront the Jahadi aboard the train, is to receive the Legion of Honor once he’s recuperated from taking a bullet. He deserves both ears and the tail.
The femRangers got magic passed to the mountain phase.
http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=59690
The standards dropped in both 2008 and 2013 if I recall, they are currently http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=59403 “49 pushups, 59 situps, a 5-mile run in 40 minutes or less, and six chin-ups”. With no time limit on the pushups sit ups. The women also got 8 months of prep before school so they wouldn’t be like the first west point woman showing up overweight.
CrayCray France has the gun control you wish. Not sure how that moslem ended up with a full auto gun with over 200 rounds since it is an illegal gun that French cant buy. The 3 American soldiers attacked from one side while the gunman was shooting another American in the neck on the other.
“But they will have to justify every dismissal to the highest levels of command, who have made their intention clear.”
“That sergeant major, Dennis L. Smith, just retired (in the nick of time). The standards he outlines here are the same standards that have been in effect for decades, but they’re about to change.
The instructors and cadre have been advised that any public statement is a career ender, and those that have spoken to WeaponsMan.com have done so at considerable personal career risk.”
http://weaponsman.com/?p=2814
13, 15 Steve.
Thanks for the response. I’ll think and respond after work.
Some info I’ve found. Haven’t digested.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger_School#Recycling
This puts graduation rates around 50% for many years.
http://archive.armytimes.com/article/20110903/NEWS/109030316/75th-s-aim-More-grads-from-Ranger-course
Also found a pdf from a Benning site that listed (what seemed to me) a high number of field officers and senior NCOs in Ranger school.
I posted this “80% of graduates recycle.” I’ve seen other sources closer to 30-40%.