False flag or just a naive lack of basic security procedures?

We are 12 hours difference from the USA and I rarely watch TV news, but when I heard about protesters "invading" the Congress, I wondered what was going on.

My first thought was not "bad protesters", as the MSM meme seems to be pushing. My question was: Who was doing security? I mean, what if one of the protesters had a weapon or smuggled in a bomb? 

You see, there is a lot of anger about illegalities in the election, yet when someone (i.e. Trumpie's minions) ask to get these problems reviewed by a non political third party, not only is it not done but the MSM refuses to take the evidence seriously, ridicule you as crazy, and the social media will pull your tweet.

The local officials who are supposed to be professionals and politically neutral deny their wishes, the courts refuse to even allow the evidence to be reviewed (turn down the review on procedural grounds, not on lack of evidence). 

in other words, instead of a calm investigation by a trusted media to assure people that the problems were not severe, the complaints were ignored, censored, or even ridiculed without presenting evidence to the contrary.

So when there was a protest rally scheduled, who stopped the National guard or outside help. (and remember when the White House was attacked and many fires started nearby, and Trump called out the National guard and he was accused of being bad for doing this). 

So someone decided that minimal routine security would be enough... DUH....

So some protesters got in (or in some reports, some side doors were opened to let in protesters). (and not just Trumpie's crazies, but some were antifa: I say this because a known antifa organizer gave an interview to the UKMail... wtf was he doing there?)

Excuse me: we have lots of demonstrations in Manila, some spontaneous, some with true believers, and a lot with paid for demonstrators (at 500 pesos per day). Some of these demonstrations are in front of the US Embassy, and the local Manila cops, and sometimes the local military, protect the embassy from being invaded.

so my question is why was there a lack of basic security at the Capitol? 

I mean, what if one demonstrator brought in a gun, or (worse) an explosive vest? (italics mine).

 but hey, what do I know? But you know, I was in the National Guard, and the National Guard is trained in crowd control and riot control. 

So when there is an estimated 100 thousand demonstrators a couple blocks down in the mall, someone should have anticipated a problem from a couple of hot heads or crazies like the guy in the fake horned helmet.

So was the lack of security just due to the stupidity of the mayor and Capitol police, or was it a Machianavelian plan: i.e. a way to encourage the hotheads to invade the Capitol to destroy their political opponents?

I'd say this was a conspiracy theory, but given the hysteria from the MSM and many media outlets, banks, and corporations (many of whom backed BLM related riots that destroyed inner cities), it make me wonder....

so who is an expert on peaceful and not so peaceful demonstrations who can analyze what went on, and whose word I trust? 

Here is an interview with Michael Yon. 

I am most familiar with Mr Yon as an independent reporter who reported on the ground during the Hong Kong demonstrations on the John Bachelor podcast.

In this interview, Mr Yon analyzes films of what happened, using his expertise.

This interview comes from the Epoch Times website (a news site sponsored by the FalunGang, so has an anti China bias).

(headsup Instapundit, a libertarian blog, where you can find a lot of links about the modern left's censorship of free speech.)

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related link: Max Taibbi on media manipulation inspired by love of money and ratings.

Noam Chomsky call your office...

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Update WaPost reports FBI aware of danger, did nothing.

https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/washington-post-fbi-report-warned-of-war-at-capitol-contradicting-claims-that-there-was-no/article_f02b0e87-e8e3-5940-b8c2-ae3f57afc3fb.html

https://www.gnews.org/749126/

.........update jan 30. The police union condemns the leadership of the local police for not being prepared, and not even issuing ptrotective equipment to lhe city cops. There is mention of rhe threat from the right but no mention that the antifa types were planning to infiltrate the crowds.

https://justthenews.com/government/local/capitol-police-union-condemns-leadership-over-us-capitol-breach

And now we find the FBI knew of the threats, that the leader of the proud boys was an FBI informant, and one antifa instigator inside the congress was arrested and released without bail. Oh yes...the pipe bombs they found had been placed several days before,