Lady, (an assumption on my part) I don't need to be Greek to KNOW this is not "300 time". However, as both an experienced warrior and of Greek heritage - I can recognize this nation is not fully committed to any war for any purpose. To say we are now at "300 time" is a foolish exaggeration on your part. The only real war being fought now, is by Leftist politicians and their electorate against the Constitution and Capitalism.
If you have forgotten your comment, permit me to direct you to your own Post #16 where you issued the call to arms:
"It's "300" time. Raise your shield, shake your spear. It's how the best parts of history have happened. And it's now. Again."
Are you inciting insurrection?
Are you calling for armed rebellion against the state?
Exactly who are you calling for us to shove spears into?
Permit me to explain "300 time" - That is when a few warriors laid down their life to protect the many by killing thousands who had invaded their homeland...
If you're calling for a killing spree -- please send YOUR family to the front, mine has done more than our share of killing and dying for a country I currently no longer recognize and who no longer recognizes the principals for which those sacrifices were laid down.
Once folks have STARTED the violence to RESTORE that which has been lost - I'll join if able. Not until then.
I'm a very old man now - so it will have to come soon if you expect my help.
So, are you and those like you with the "go git em" attitude, going to lead, follow or hide when the real fighting starts?
But putting that side for the sake of this argument, for now, were it to come down to it, would I take up arms? Absolutely, yes. Have I put myself in harms way to put forward the conservative message? Time and Time again, and in the public eye. Have I endured the consequences of battling the liberal oligarchy? Yes. Have I been assaulted personally? Yes. Did I fight back? Yes. Have I ever stood alone amid a maddened crowd? Yes.
Now, have I ever fought in a military war. No. Have I proven to myself that I would take up arms for my country? Without a doubt, yes.
I think it is good that folks are ensuring they are able to physically protect themselves against assault; or even an invasion. Do I think liberals in bureacracies and in office will openly declare war on Americans. No. That's not how liberals work. They know Americans would rise up like an angry viper, and all the "power" the liberals think they have would float away like so much flatulence.
What they are doing now, IME, is creating the "stage" for what they'd like to accomplish but without ever being honest or direct about it. They'd like to see mass hysteria. For while a population is in mass hysteria, they'll pass all kinds of idiocies, and because no one is paying attention. They are too preoccupied with.. screaming, running, being frightened, being angry, and acting out. And those who act out will be pinned as people like you and me.
Liberals like the cover of madness in order to perpetrate their agenda - laughing clowns, and predatory teachers in bowties and Hello-Kitty hair ware.
The Story of the "300" begins first in the mind and heart and in the training. All that came afterwards is the result of the former.
It's not "showtime" yet, by my estimates. I think training season has just begun.
Lastly, okay, you want my bone fides. Every generation of men and women on both my parents' sides, and in multiple countries, have fought militarily for liberty. My dad went to war when he was 16; not 17 as he told me. I found his records. He fought in WWII and in Korea, was commissioned for recon in Vietnam but was not permitted as my mother was given a terminal cancer life sentence. One brother served. My daughter served, Afghanistan Spring 2002. My son is active duty. My sil is active duty. Why didn't I serve? My dad. He encouraged me to fight in the frontlines of American's Downtown for Liberty. He thought it was exactly where America's enemy had taken a foothold. And he was right. And there I was.