10 NOTES FOR THE UC OPERATOR...or surveillance guy

[cco45acp]

What LawDog said resonates with me. When small legitimate laws are broken to uphold big laws, my observation is it usually doesn’t end well.

UC to break up a terrorist org or overseas to provide critical intel seems understandable. The whole war on drugs, from my foxhole, seems like it goes against common sense.

I’m not for drug use. I think any recreational drug use is stupid.

I am pro LE but don’t think the Grossman sheepdog - sheep concept is the appropriate model for the free citizens of a republic.

Every American man, no matter if how he earns his living, ought to have the skill set and mindset to throw the switch and go into warrior mode if necessary.

[Gabriel Suarez]

So my POV...I could give three shits about the War on Drugs. As one old VN Vet I worked with used to say..."It was a shitty war...but it was the only one we had". I never cared deeply about drug traffic. But I did enjoy what I got to do because of it.

As far as Grossman...I dont care for his silly analogy and have said as much...even to him. I am not a protector or a sheepdog and dont care about sheep...or what happens to them. They chose their path and now they can live with it...or not.

My team and I were hunters. Sure we rescued a few sheep...but were there to kill the bad guy...if we could...not to keep anyone safe. And if I rolled up and you had smoked him...you would find us as jealous as hell.

[Headshot]

Although I was never LE UC, I did work 14 years with a .gov intelligence group that didn't exist, going places we never were, and doing things we never did, and then 15 years as a weapons/tactics instructor and consultant. I found out WAY too late in life that I just didn't fit in with suburban corporate America. I even tried being a professional in the golf industry, and while I was successful at what I did, somehow wished I stayed as a weapons/tactics instructor and consultant. I, unfortunately as hind sight would show, tried to make a marriage that was doomed from the start...work. Somehow I never lucked out like Gabe in finding the right woman that can handle who I was, and still am. Do I have regrets? Nope.

[Knowledge]

Although I was never LE UC, I did work 14 years with a .gov intelligence group that didn't exist, going places we never were, and doing things we never did, and then 15 years as a weapons/tactics instructor and consultant. I found out WAY too late in life that I just didn't fit in with suburban corporate America. I even tried being a professional in the golf industry, and while I was successful at what I did, somehow wished I stayed as a weapons/tactics instructor and consultant. I, unfortunately as hind sight would show, tried to make a marriage that was doomed from the start...work. Somehow I never lucked out like Gabe in finding the right woman that can handle who I was, and still am. Do I have regrets? Nope.

There are a lot of women out there. You can still find a good one. Probably good too that you got out of that group when you did. They don't seem to be of the same character today as they use to be.

[USN-PO2]

There are a lot of women out there. You can still find a good one.

I was 58 when I found my good one, 14 years after divorcing a wrong one.