Posted on 04/07/2003 3:36:59 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
As war unfolds, Iraqi sleeper cells and al-Qaeda operatives aren't the only threats we face on the domestic front. Homegrown environmental radicals declared their own fatwa on the United States this week. And they're not just talking about lighting tea candles while they sing Bob Dylan tunes in their Birkenstocks.
These anarchist menaces are deadly serious about undermining national security through physical and economic harm.
In a manifesto published recently across left-wing Internet sites, infamous eco-thug Craig Rosebraugh called on his antiwar troops to take "direct actions'' against U.S. military establishments, urban centers, corporations, government buildings and media outlets.
This is not an idle threat. Rosebraugh is the former spokesman for the Earth Liberation Front (ELF), a violent guerrilla group. Along with its militant ally, the Animal Liberation Front, ELF has claimed responsibility for a long string of arsons and vandalism, causing tens of millions of dollars worth of destruction involving crop experiments and test fields at university research centers in the Midwest, fur farms in the Pacific Northwest, meat vendors in the San Francisco Bay area and department stores on the East Coast. ELF also takes credit for arsons at a ski resort in Vail, Colo., inspiring four teens to torch housing developments in Long Island and, recently, firebombing sport utility vehicles at an auto dealership outside Erie, Pa.
Fed up with pansy peace-march efforts, Rosebraugh is urging radicals to ditch "pointless'' protests and wage outright acts of terror "using any means necessary.'' Already, in cities from Washington to San Francisco, antiwar obstructionists have disrupted traffic and commerce, tying up precious law-enforcement resources.
I am reprinting much of Rosebraugh's rallying cry to his America-hating leftists so you know exactly what we are up against:
- "Attack the financial centers of the country. Using covert or black-block techniques ... physically shut down financial centers which regulate and assist the functioning of U.S. economy. This can be done in a variety of ways from massive property destruction, to online sabotage, to physical occupation of buildings."
- "Large-scale urban rioting. With massive unrest and even state of emergencies declared in major cities across the country, the U.S. government will be forced to send U.S. troops into the domestic arena, thereby taking resources and political focus away from the war."
- "Attack the media centers of the country. ... Using any means necessary, shut down the national networks of NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, etc. Not just occupations, but actually engage in strategies and tactics which knock the networks off the air."
- "Spread the battle to the individuals responsible for the war and destruction of life - the very heads of government and U.S. corporations. No longer should these people be able to hide behind their occupations, living their lives in peace while they simultaneously slaughter countless people. Hit them in their personal lives, visit their homes and make them feel personally responsible for committing massive atrocities." -
- "Make it known publicly that this movement DOES NOT support U.S. troops as long as they are serving an unjust and horrifying political regime. Create an atmosphere lacking of support to assist U.S. troops at home and abroad in losing their morale and will to fight. If you are supporting the troops, you are supporting this war and the very U.S. government that is the primary terrorist regime in the international arena."
- "Actively target U.S. military establishments within the United States. ... Use any means necessary to slow down the functioning of the murdering body."
- "When engaging in the above six activities, strike hard and fast and retreat in anonymity. ... DO NOT GET CAUGHT. Do not get sent to jail. Stay alert, keep active and keep fighting. Remember, an action is only good (especially at this juncture in U.S. society) if it will serve to severely disrupt the political system of the country, its economy and the corporate interests that drive this society.''
These green saboteurs aim to destroy our livelihoods and our military in the name of "peace." Our government must treat them as enemy combatants, not misguided imbeciles, and use any means necessary to stop them in their terrorist tracks.
I am talking of the foundations that subsidize them, the government that gives them grants, etc. They should be treated the same as any other terrorists with the people funding them locked up the same as we are doing with the Muslim terrorist groups. Equality before the law is one of the foundations of our country. This has been lightly regarded for too long.
We have a lot of patience and will, I think, be slow to act. But that patience is not infinite and baseball bat and ammunition sales have probably been quite healthy for the past couple months.
THESE guys, my friend, are likely to be the cause of your next big 'terrorist event' - and not something sponsored by an overseas-based 'terrorist organization' ...
Domestic Enemies contains articles and threaded commentary on the likes of Nicholas De Genova and Charles Reangel. It contains the images of those marched and who wish death and defeat for the US. Our troops will know who was for them - and who was against them. I want them to come back proud - and angry.
Here's what I sent to my family for discussion around the dinnre table:
Dear Family:
Our military is doing a fantastic job over in Iraq we have a job to do here. Our job is to hold liberals and those like them accountable for the lies they live and the hate they spread. We have to get in their faces and on their cases. And since these people wont listen to reason; since they will never, never admit that theyre wrong; since their hatred of this country and everything that it stands for can never be swayed the only options left for us are to either shun them or go nuclear on them.
We can shun them by refusing to speak to them. We can shun them by refusing to do business with them. We can shun them by turning our backs on them when they speak.
We can go nuclear on them by getting right in their faces with righteous anger - and tell them exactly who and what they are. We can go nuclear on them by encouraging others to stand up to them with the same righteous anger. We can reclaim the language of debate by forcing them to explain the disingenuous lies and the words they use - like the term 'progressive,' for instance. And if they offer violence as a response, then we can and should use overwhelming force to defeat them.
As the Bradley Fighting Vehicle commander said as he was on the road to Baghdad
God and country baby! Were coming in. Thats why were doing this and we are going to WIN! ..
However, if it comes to any member of my family, my property, public property in my presence, or me (in that order of priority) being directly threatened then all bets are off.
Guaranteed, the funniest movie violence since the Three Stooges.
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