Understand, though, that you could insert any number of organizations into our scenario in lieu of the Tea Party. but you DIDN'T... you used the TP with malice and forethought!!!
Several readers objected to our using the Tea Party in our fictional scenario. We see your point. Understand, though, that you could insert any number of organizations into our scenario in lieu of the Tea Party. The scenario and the response thereto, rather than the specific actors, are the focus of our piece.
Our objective was to highlight what we believe is an understudied area of potential operations. Given that US Army doctrine sees full-spectrum operations as a mix of offense, defense, and either stability [overseas] or support [in the continental US and territories] operations, how our Army conducts full spectrum operations at home is an important topic. In recent times we've all seen the Army and Marines committed to Los Angeles, Miami, and New Orleans all under various conditions of defense support to civil authority. There were some lessons-learned articles and studies written after those operations, but after more than ten years of war none remain in the current curricula of our staff and war colleges. Through discussion on this site, facilitated by Small Wars Journal, we hope this subject will be studied.
Thanks again to all who took time to read and comment.
Kevin Benson and Jennifer Weber
From the comments section of the article.
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Understand, though, that you could insert any number of organizations into our scenario in lieu of the Tea Party. but you DIDN'T... you used the TP with malice and forethought!!!
Pure random choice.
The b!tch is pushing to have her CW theories put into practice, so she is throwing lit matches at the fuse to the Fort Sumter cannon.
Then she will write the history of CW2.
She's an evil b!tch, on par with Hitler's racist propagandists portraying German Jews as filty vermin.