Posted on 03/30/2013 9:33:06 AM PDT by Windflier
There's no ammo on the civilian market now, is there?
And you seriously think that's an accident?
That is how you win in war.
For the most part, I liked General Mattis, but in the end, all of our military leadership failed us in this poorly run “Global War on Terror”. We did not fight the war to win it.
When we went from a**-kickers to peace makers, we lost our way. Never again. If we have to go to war in the future, I will be opposed to it unless they assure the public that we will fight the war for total victory, minimizing our losses by using our entire arsenal without mercy until all resistance stops. Otherwise, we should just stay home.
I believe it’s a stretch to go from the government hording ammo to martial law or extermination of citizens. We’ll find out in the near future if there is malicious intent. If you’re right, we’ll have much bigger problems then us disagreeing on an internet forum.
It was not our military leadership that failed us; it was the political leadership that wrote the rules of engagement that failed us.
It was both. We know that our political leadership is spineless, but I expected more from officers. Our military leadership did not resign when forced to fight the war this way. They also failed us in DADT, women in combat, prosecutions of soldiers in Haditha and other incidents. I have nothing but praise for our enlisted forces, company and field grade officers. But almost all of our Generals were just like our politicians, spineless.
And those 2700 armored vehicles for Ubama's "civilian army," AKA the Department of Homeland Security?
I agree that what has been going on is alarming, specifically the MRAPs if true. We are living in a very low level police state, but things have clearly become worse in the decade or two.(DHS and TSA)
That said, the video has a lot of falsehoods and anorexic conclusions.
1. Comparing someone who believes what I do to Holocaust deniers.
2. That Obama has allowed drones to kill Americans on American soil.
3. The FBI has staged every terrorist attack.
4. Poison in the crops
5. Mercury in the vaccines to poison us.
Those are undeniable.
We have a feral government that is gearing up for a war on US soil.
Who do you think they'll be fighting this war against?
It could be as simple as them justifying their budgets, or it could be as bad as you say. Like I said, we’ll find out. I hope you are wrong, and not for the sake of me winning an internet disagreement.
I’m prepared as I need to/can be. I don’t see the sense in worrying, though I will be paying close attention.
We live in the era of TARP and Solyndra.
Nobody in the feral government has to justify anything to anybody.
Just think what that ONE “FORMER MILITARY/ FORMER POLICE OFFICER “ did to ALL of the LEA in california and also FBI ,etc.when they were trying to find him..he ended up in a wooded cabin not far from them..forgot his name.
One guy, a few weapons, no car and he led them all around —hundreds of officers— for days!Hmmmm.
Chris Dorner(sp?)
I guess I can’t argue that.
I’d prefer that you are right and I am wrong, but the character of the usurper in the White House tells me otherwise.
I certainly do not trust Obama, I just don’t see that many people would go along with those plans.
My opinions change all the time on this subject. One day optimistic, the next negative.
He has packed the entire government with Marxist Alinskyites.
The DC area is growing explosively with feral government employees, all of them of the same persuasion.
Unfortunately, the enemy that wants to end our experiment in democracy is OBAMA!
My son has just joined the Marines; he starts boot camp around Labor Day. I don’t know what to think about it, really.
I wondered if the government purchase of all that ammo is causing the shortage/price inflation we're seeing, so I googled some numbers and applied my calculator. About 6 Billion rounds are made in the US alone (the world number is 14 Billion) annually. The government is purchasing about 1.2 Billion over five years, or 240 Million per year. That means the government is buying about 4% of the supply. (Less actually because we import a lot.)
That's hardly "cornering the market." But it's still worrisome in the context of their making themselves enemies of the rest of us.
Where is all the ammo going? To the millions of people who know that if Obama and the rest of the Rats get their way we won't have any at all. What we are seeing right now is the granddaddy of all market distortions, courtesy of the US Government. Once the saturation level is reached (and it will be reached), the supply and prices will settle down.
I'm only optimistic about the fact that we'll win the war, whenever it comes. Everything else is pretty much off the table.
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