OPINION:
The Seattle terrorists used high-intensity lasers to damage the eyesight of federal officers. In other situations, bricks, rocks and frozen water bottles have severely injured police officers. So much for peaceful protest. The old tried-and-true riot control tools of batons, tear gas and rubber bullets appear to be ineffectual against brigands hell-bent on chaos, violence and looting. The answer: Israeli skunk spray.
For years, the Israelis have used a malodorous spray smelling like a combination of feces, skunk and vomit. People sprayed suddenly lose their ardor to commit mayhem and leave to go clean up. It is nontoxic, will not harm the eyes and can even be ingested (if you you are drunk enough and the bar bet is high enough).
It is rumored but not verified the Israelis have a new spray device looking like a fabled World War II flame thrower, a device so accurate it can pinpoint individuals in a crowd for hosing. Afterward, the spray can be pressure-washed off streets and buildings and into drains (to clear out the sewer rats so they can join their Antifa counterparts in the streets).
The U.S. spends more than $50 billion every year on military research and development. For a few million dollars, we can buy the spray from the Israelis or quickly develop it domestically along with delivery devices. This could be a game changer when the situation changes from peaceful to unlawful. Telling police to stand down and watch criminality is not a strategy; it is political cowardice.
BILL KLEIN
Springfield, Ill.
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