The thing that jumps out at me after reading your post is the assumption our military would react in a civil conflict as they do in a war beyond our shores.
They wouldn’t. Big difference between fighting in another land, and fighting among their own homes, neighborhoods, cities and states.
Second thought...there is a huge difference between an Iraqi people beaten down by a brutal dictatorship for three plus decades, that has less than 30 million citizens, and ours.
300 million Americans, more or less. 220 million firearms in private hands - minimum.
A much larger geographical area. A much wider variety of terrain.
Finally, as our Civil War demonstrated, ‘ruthlessly’ yep. But ‘decisively’? Ah, thats not what happened last time around.
‘Promptly’ is the one thats the most amusing, btw.
Then you have to recall 5% of the American population are veterans of the American Military, and all that entails.
There has never been a war like this in world history, if it were to take place, is my point. Predicting how it would be fought is impossible, and your premise is based on how OTHERS have fought against our military.
Interesting exercise when you think of all the factors involved.
I agree with Badeye on this one!!
Be Ever Vigilant!!
Our government is heavily influenced and more or less controlled by old money in Central Banking, mainly in Europe.
It should not be shocking that the American government tows the line of the very few men that control the global money supply and ability to borrow beyond a nations true means.
What may shock those in power is that we do not have to accept lordship over us, even if the cost is much to our citizenship to regain control of our destiney and little pain for these individuals for the attempt to keep us chained.
Old money in Europe has forgotten about the revolutionary war in America and the Bastille events of the French. It is probable that a larger war will be the consequence of rattling such power, with loans from the money changers provided to our national enemies in an attempt to settle us down. Good luck with that... We’re at the end of an age and the dawn of a new one. America will have it’s freedom back, but it won’t come easily.
Posse Comitatus or something to that effect forbids the deployment of regular military on US soil in a police action. Coast Guard is exempt but not much use out of the water.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act
You impute to the US Military a hesitancy to commit warfare at home that you do not seem to share. What makes you think that after you start shooting at them, they won’t shoot back with everything and anything they’ve got?
On the other hand, the government has just spent several years running servicemembers through a loooong field exercise.
Now, the ruling party must consider hundreds of thousands of fit, young men and women, along with NCOs and Officers are now pretty well trained at urban combat. They’re walking the streets and they’re predominantly conservative.
Buddy up with a veteran. (and shake their hand while you’re at it).
“Five percent of the American population are veterans”
Is that all?
Heck of a note if it’s true. BTW, years ago a majority in Congress were vets. That’s now less than thirty percent IIRC.
Anyway, let’s not panic just yet. And buying arms & ammo represents prudence, not panic. Consider: these post-election purchases have not escaped the attention of the soon to be powers-that-be. They will respond two ways:
“You gun nuts are toast!!”
“Now don’t get excited, people, let’s talk.”