Posted on 02/21/2014 10:37:55 AM PST by Rusty0604
The militarization of US police forces is ongoing and escalating. Many cities and towns now own tanks, armed personnel carriers, even attack helicopters, and almost all are outfitted with military weapons not available to the general public.
And, it is not just your hometown cops who are getting new boy-toys. The military itself is buying up weaponry not just for use in the current or next scheduled war, but to deal with the likes of you...
Also ignored (as if it didn’t even exist) is the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 which generally bars the military from law enforcement activities within the United States.
According to Public Intelligence:
“…for the last two years, the President’s Budget Submissions for the Department of Defense have included purchases of a significant amount of combat equipment, including armored vehicles, helicopters and even artillery, under an obscure section of the FY2008 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the purposes of ‘homeland defense missions, domestic emergency responses, and providing military support to civil authorities.
and the US government knows that civil uprisings are coming to a town near you just as soon as the fantasy of a healing economy is shattered, the US dollar fails, and unemployment goes to 30%+ in real numbers.
And, to you tough-talking Neo-Cons with your AR-15 rifles and a few thousand rounds of ammo, here is the reality: they will take your guns, and no, all your Second Amendment bluster aside, you are not going to do anything about it. You are not going to take on a platoon of Marines with state-of-the-art automatic weapons...
(Excerpt) Read more at dailyreckoning.com ...
>>Why shoot at cops and soldiers? The politicians and bureaucrats that sent them are much softer targets.<<
That is the kind of thinking that I support.
There will be a split when it comes ... I believe in and Love Our Military.
See my post #146. This tactic can be employed by all ages and both genders.
Always the question ... Where does our Military Stand. They Stand ... I believe in Them.
Why can’t I tell you the truth?
oh Baby, It breaks my Heart into.
“You can’t take your family with you in the tank.”
What the author fails at is basic math. Disregarding possible desertions, the USArmy could maybe, possibly, muster an army of 1,000,000. An Army of one million means a fighting force of 300,000 with a 2:1 ratio of support troops to front line combat troops. The US Army would be hard pressed to subdue Texas with only 300,000 combat troops let alone an entire region of the USA in open rebellion.
As each of us rides with God ... God’s Will, not mine, be done!!!
“4. Target the regimes forces outside their protective envelope. One or two at a time. Daily.
This approach is best effected from as great a distance as possible. “
You and Mr. GG2 must be in a Vulcan mind meld. :-)
Most military will refuse to follow orders to confiscate weapons. Any CIC stupid enough to try it will likely get a big negatory from the Joint Chiefs anyway. They know it will trigger CWII.
The Military has wargamed going up agains’t the American public and everytime they lose.
1. Identify the regime collaborators and sympathizers, those who would rightly expect protection. This could be media, academia, business groups etc.
2. Target members of those groups.
3. Force the regime forces outside their own "protective envelope" where they cannot be challenged, onto the streets to protect regime supporters.
4. Target the regimes forces outside their protective envelope. One or two at a time. Daily.
This approach is best effected from as great a distance as possible. At no time should your individual plan be known to anyone but yourself and there should never be talk or collaboration with anyone on the subject.
There is 75 videos on this subject by Rex. He knows what he speaks about.
SNIPER 101 Part 1 - Introduction - Rex Reviews
Q: Is Obama seeking power to “disconnect your computer, shut down your favorite websites, or block your email”?
A: A Senate bill would allow the president to restrict access to government or “critical infrastructure” networks in case of a “cybersecurity emergency.” But it has bipartisan support, and even critics admit it would not allow him to shut down all private Internet traffic.
http://www.factcheck.org/2009/10/internet-access-denied/
I will not ever apply for a CWP.
I will never register a gun.
I wil never turn over a gun.
Really?
Hit lists would spring up on Twitter and Google Maps.
Would that be a good thing?
Or would it provide the enemy with more intel?
Anyone and everyone who hopes for some idiotic 'Civil War II' -- Progressives versus hated Conservatives and vice-versa -- needs to take a BIG step back and rid their minds of the poisonous notion of raising weapons against their fellow countrymen. Absolutely everyone from top to bottom will be immediately sorry it happened the moment it began.
There's a difference between hope and need — the founders were patriotic Englishmen who stood up against their government when classically-recognized rights were denied. The Declaration spells out that the colonies did pursue peaceful resolutions, and that they suffered many abuses from their government which were rejected, rebuffed, and sometimes retaliated against.
Patrick Henry
St. John's Church, Richmond, Virginia
March 23, 1775.
MR. PRESIDENT: No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House. But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen if, entertaining as I do, opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I shall speak forth my sentiments freely, and without reserve. This is no time for ceremony. The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate. It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfil the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offence, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the majesty of heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.
Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.
I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves, and the House? Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received? Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with these war-like preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation; the last arguments to which kings resort. I ask, gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it? Has Great Britain any enemy, in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us; they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves. Sir, we have done everything that could be done, to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne. In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free² if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending²if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us!
They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance, by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations; and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable²and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come.
It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace²but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
I don’t care if they come for me. You get early warning that way.
The American smiths developed...or more correctly refined...the Kentucky Long Rifle, Pennsylvania Long Rifle etc.
The differed from the smooth bore musket carried by the British regulars. The barrels were 30-40 inches long and rifled. They used a smaller caliber, longer bullet for stability.
And they were deadly out to 500yrds, easy.
The American "Militia" won the Revolutionary war, not the Continental Army. They did it with a sniping war of attrition.
An open door ... Want to Walk In?
It is amazing how math challenged most people are here. Here is another example. The way the Army is set up a division is about 10,000 strong. Sounds formidable but wait, you don't get 10,000 fighting troops. Because of support troops and logistics, you get maybe three fighting regiments of 1,000 per so about 3,000 troops(brigade) with actual rifles to close with the enemy. Now at any given moment one troop is sleeping, one is actually on patrol and the other is training etc. So a division is really 1,000 troops. So I wish these had wringers would DO THE MATH!
It appears that the administration in DC is who is hoping for a second civil war, what with the moves it is making to provoke one.
and it is always ... Where does our Military Stand, if they have to Stand. I’ll trust our Military. I may pay the price. To Hades!!!
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