The God-fearing, Bible-believing men of the South and Southwest would make a great Christian Army. Don't laugh...when our survival depends on it, it will happen.
"...And there's a slight - believe it when you see it - possibility of a disarmed Hezbollah..."
Never, never, ever, ever going to happen.
Fight fire with FIRE
"Unintended Consequences" -- Big time! All you need is just a 'few good men.'
Well, we could start at sea by announcing our withdrawal from the treaties which forbid the granting of letters of marque and reprisal, and Congress could authorize the outfitting of privateers to harry the shipping of enemy nations.
Islamic "militias" are the core of the problem. Although they have a growing political role in the legitimate governments of the ME, they are an independent military force that can act on their own volition against another country in a terrorist capacity. They are not held accountable to international law or rules of war as they are not a nation. Their host nation can simply disavow the tactics of the group and whine that they are incapable of controlling them and that reprisals against them is "disproportionate." Yet the nation that the militia is acting upon in a terrorist capacity is held accountable to all the high standards of a nation at war for the tactics and actions of its military force. What a strategy!
But this is what it will have to come down to in the end, isn't it? Assuming conventional methods fail against the terrorists—and it seems too many limp-wristed Westerners are determined to see this happen—the last line of defence/resistance will be the average citizen who decides a prayer rug and burka isn't in his or her future.
I can easily envision a future where the blue states fall under the Sharia, with cowardly leftists fleeing to the South and heartland expecting those hated gun-toting red staters to defend them...or maybe buy themselves more appeasement time.
I know I shouldn't, but I found that premise a little on the alluring side (now, for the CIA/FBI/NSA/etc - I'm not saying I would advocate it or carry it out or anything like that, so do not waste your time dredging up my tax returns for the last 10 years. Spend that time looking for the REAL bad guys. Had to say that since some of our guys tend to strip-search grannies instead of doing what is really necessary to protect the country).
Anyways, that movie had an interesting premise.
The obvious militia are the Lebanese Christians. They far outnumber the Shiites, and if given the weapons and training would be a better army for Lebanon than the regular army.
There are several good reasons that the US could arm and train them, and their natural contention would not be against Israel, but against the Hezbollah and Syria.
Show the u.n. the door and then proceed to systematically destroy every terror cell, camp, cache, enabler and sympathiser known or suspected. Apologise for nothing except not doing it sooner.
Affluent Westerners will always have a double standard against themselves and others like them - non-western countries or groups can do no wrong (they are struggling underdogs, justified in anything they do) and our side can do no right (we are bullies who have no right to be so powerful, and are not even allowed to defend ourselves). It's a societal form of a personality disorder.
Better idea which would work with Illegal Aliens.
Don't do business with them. If you see one on a plane, disembark. If you see one working behind the counter of a store. Walk out without spending a dime and let the management know why.
It's simple and legal without violence or mayhem.
The US is done with proxy wars. Americans are not cowards like Syria and Iran.
This is exactly as I've been thinking. Fight fire with fire, western militias is a great idea.
FreedomForce might be a good name.
Start one before Aug 22.
We don't need assassins or militias or anything else like that. What we need is will, commitment, and resolution. We got enough weapons after that.