This is some serious bullshit

Why use 5 cars when you can use 50 cars?

  • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
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    5 hours ago

    From a security perspective, these only serve to create an extensive roadblock. Disable one in front, one in rear, and you’ve got them kettled.

    Whoever came up with this idea should be fired.

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      Unless you are not in America, being surprise at the incompetence and stupidity of these fuckers in power is unacceptable.

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        One size doesn’t fit all.

        Moreover, the president is getting the treatment of a king. They are ostensibly fungible assets. There’s a succession plan. The more they’re protected, the more they’re a target (and invading foreign countries doesn’t help).

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            and looking at their license plates, around half of them have US ones, which means those cars were probably flown in. or do they have a standing motorcade for Europe? I saw one car had german plates…

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      I guess from a security perspective it also helps to obfuscate Vance’s whereabouts. It’s difficult to know which one of the 40 vehicles he’s actually in.

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        Only the first two vehicles show signs of armouring. I don’t think that all this theatrics would happen and then not put the cargo in the armoured car.

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          He’s in one of two cars, they’re easily identifiable. The rest are various security assets. Armed dudes, jamming suites, surveillance, etc.

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      It’s them applying the same strat as in the US even though they are in Milan and the roads are twice as narrow.

      I suppose they think there is so many cars it would be hard to know in which the couch fucker is. But still you are correct to say that convoy could be easily completely blocked. And in that case you could have an army to defend it it would be a very bad situation.