Posted on 09/21/2001 5:03:49 PM PDT by testforecho
Fewer restrictions on law enforcement agents and the creation of a new federal office may be necessary steps to protect the United States from foreign terrorists. But powerful bureaucracies and narrowed civil liberties are exactly the sort of triggers that set off militia groups.
I can hear it now:
Concerned about legislation going overboard? Well, that's a typical terrorist response. I thought the trigger was a decline in Alcoa stock.
We are likely to see a resurgence of militia group activity just at the time that law enforcement agencies are retasking themselves to counter foreign threats. Even if law enforcement agents continue to infiltrate militia groups, it is much more difficult to monitor and prevent activity from individuals. As militia ranks fill, it is not unlikely to expect some of them to resort to the same kind of armed activity as Timothy McVeigh and Ted Kaczynski did in the past.
I posted my Homeland defense and anti-terrorism primer with links today
Oh yes, how extreme, to be for minimal government and against intrusion on civil liberties.
pure leftist statist dreck. here come their adjectives, ready?
cult, compound, seperatist, militia. according to these statists, there is no room
in this country for patriots. you’re federal, or you’re the enemy. mule muffins.
if you have a cross around your neck, or a rifle in your house or a
pickup in your driveway, or a flag on your house, you are the
enemy of the country. horse hockey.
pray for our republic.
stratfor analysis....
"If someone is so fearful that they are going to start using their weapons to protect their rights, it makes me very nervous that these people have weapons at all." ~~California Representative Henry Waxman
"We are going to hammer guns on the anvil of relentless legislative strategy! We're going to beat guns into submission!" ~~ (then) NY Representative Charles Schumer
No, it decreased dramatically because of heinous propaganda after the OKC bombing (I see it's still being spewed out, like this article) and the fact that Clinton is now gone from the White House. The small percentage of the "militias" that are not composed of federal agents are patriots, and would never attack the government during this war provoked by enemies without. If anything "domestic" does happen, be sure it's a Reichstag event.
Whats the 'statue of limitations' made out of? Marble? Granite? Where is it at? Is it in Philadelphia? or Washington DC?
They would stay home and enjoy the weekend if they JUST DID THOSE TWO LITTLE THINGS.
man did I dodge a bullet with Stratfor.com. Those guys tried to shake me down for a subscription to their intell rag and I hesitated. At one point they were pretty good. I suspect they have a new writer or HUMINT source somewhere. That new source is sure evident as their on target reporting is pretty foul as of late.
Stay Safe.
As long as the Homeland Defense people and the security agencies leave ordinary, law-abiding citizens alone, and don't start pretending that people praying on the sidewalks in front of abortion clinics are "terrorists," there won't be any trouble.
If they do start behaving tyrannically, then obviously all bets are off. And deservedly so. Americans won't put up with it. No more Wacos. No more Lon Horiuchis. No more Janet Renos.
BS! These goofs were loners and McVeigh was kicked out of the MI militia. Citing the SPLC, stratfor is not an org that holds individual rights as important at all.
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