America’s “War on Terror” Is Going to Morph into the “War on Domestic Terror” (Vanity)

With everything that has happened over the last four years, and especially since the November election, I think most FReepers understand where our country is heading. For those who don’t yet fully understand, I believe they will be coming up the awareness curve pretty quickly as the Left continues to implement their plans to fundamentally transform America. I believe a key priority of the Left will be to fundamentally transform the focus of America’s “War on Terror.”

America’s original "War on Terror" commencing in September 2001, focused the American people to rally to defend against and/or defeat "radical Islam." Of course, our political, cultural and media elite never actually called it a war against radical Islam…not wanting to actually offend our actual enemies by using harsh language. It appears now however that the WoT is winding down, at least measured by the number of forces deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq. I read recently that the U.S. is now on its way to having only about 2,500 troops left in each country, with a further 900 still in Syria and a few others scattered about in parts of Africa.

Many FReepers here, including myself, were personally invested in contributing to America’s War on Terror. Many of us sent our sons (mine included), and sometimes our daughters too, to serve in Afghanistan and Iraq. A number of our fellow FReepers also served in these same theatres. While we continue to invest national resources in pursuing this primarily external War on Terror, I believe the nature and focus of all of this is about to change. I’m concerned that many of the tools, tactics, laws, methods and mindset that we saw developed and deployed since 9/11 are going to be applied to what I’m calling Phase 2 of the WoT. I believe Phase 2 is going to be the “War on Domestic Terror.”

In my view much of the national security apparatus put in place over the last twenty years is going to be repurposed by the Left to be used vigorously against suspect Americans. Never mind that the pool of potential and eligible domestic terror suspects makes up half of the country. The apparatus I’m referring to specifically is that of the high tech and integrated surveillance and control state with its drones, its militarized law enforcement, its Patriot Act provisions, its fusion centers, and so forth. Coupled with a social media and news/information grid hostile to conservatives and globalist-obsessed corporations whose leadership consider themselves to be ‘citizens of the world,’ we are facing a multi-headed hydra who’s venom toward us is dripping from many separate, yet still connected, sets of fangs.

The national security apparatus of this country is about to come under the complete control of people who loathe us and by “us” I mean the 75M Americans who elected and continue to support President Trump and his vision to restored America. In their Leftist heads, our support of President Trump is prima facie evidence that we are all potential domestic terrorists. I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to conclude that the national security state (primarily focused up until now on international, i.e., external terrorism), can and will morph into a domestic security state, with its focus geared to defeating America’s domestic terrorist enemies. Come January 20th, this domestic terrorism security state will begin to take shape and we need to realize that it is going to be under the absolute control of an unclean host of leftist political class functionaries who would like nothing better than to see conservative Americans either culturally, socially and politically marginalized, re-educated or dead…and maybe not in that order.

Some of the legal scaffolding to move the country into this next phase in the War on Terror (v.2.0 – The War on Domestic Terror), has already been introduced in both houses of Congress. Senate bill S.894 – “Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2019” has been introduced and sponsored by all of the usual senatorial suspects: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/894/text. (There is a similar bill pending in the House: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1931). This bill is To authorize dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and require the Federal Government to take steps to prevent domestic terrorism.

From humble beginnings come oppressive agencies and bureaucracies dangerous to liberty. The War on Domestic Terror will quickly show itself to be a hungry beast that will want to be fed. I fear that in the coming months this beast will be fed with all of the power and resources it can eat. The design point for these offices will not be to fight a War on Domestic Terror on behalf of the American people but upon half of the American people.

Government’s need to start new wars are always accompanied by the need for media propaganda to capture the minds of the people from: “Remember the Maine!” to “Saddam is hiding weapons of mass destruction” the words were hammered into the American consciousness. Consequently, and in parallel to these Congressional bills, I think it likely that we are going to have the words “Domestic Terrorism” and “Domestic Terrorist” hammered into the public consciousness via all of the Left's media assets, and to see them included in every article, broadcast or editorial to condemn any individual or group who dares to dissent from the Leftist narrative of the reality they wish to impose. “Domestic Terrorist” are words that will be applied liberally (forgive the pun), to many of us in the days, months and years ahead.

A final note about the Left’s use of language. S. I. Hayakawa once said that “the meanings of words are not in the words; they are in us.” To me this suggests that in the heart of a word there is a type of reflection of a heart of the one who uses a particular word. By the words the Left is using to describe us, they are confirming what many of us already know -their hearts are dark. I believe most on the Left understand exactly what they mean when they use words like “domestic terrorists” or “deplorables” or seditious “white nationalists” to describe and demonize those of us who still love our country and fear God. The Left means what it says about us and soon will have all the apparatus of a robust domestic security state to begin the War on Domestic Terror and their words will become action.

It would not be surprised if this name change was not attempted....’’

UNITED SOCIALIST STATES OF AMERICA > USSA

Now I will go puke!

They’ve pre-positioned armored vehicles in every town in the land. Just about every police force got a BearCat, an MRAP, or similar. I think technically they all still belong to DoD.

It’s not going to morph into a war on domestic terror....it has already changed into a war on Trump and his supporters.

It will rapidly accelerate into a full blown police state, complete with Stasi like monitors and rats to supervise “dissenters”.

Think South Africa. Ginsberg has already telegraphed their intent to alter the US into a South Africa like state whe she pointed to the South African Constitution as a model. The coming “truth and reconciliation commissions, the expropriation of assets, and the outright seizure of real property to be transferred to adversely affected minority groups.

I think whatever the plan is and whoever is ultimately behind it, the final goal is what I call “The Controlled Demolition of America.”

Think of the United States as a multistory building -strong and solid but now seen by the Left as ugly and no longer useful. America is just in the way of what they want to build. Each floor and each steel column from the foundation up to the roof represent different aspects of our nation: The Founding Fathers; Law; Liberty; Education; Christian Religion; Industry etc.

What we see going on now, and indeed going on for at least the last 50 years (maybe longer), is that all the forces arrayed against America have steadily been placing explosives and detonators on each of the floors and the steel columns holding the up the steel building we call America. It's almost as if someone has now pushed the plunger and all of these charges are going off in sequence to bring down the whole building in on itself.

Some have been worried ever since the Patriot Act became law.

Especially after the Establishment of the Department of HOMELAND Security.

It all sounded so authoritarian.

I'm afraid they won't be that blatant. Just shut down your bank account, your ISP access, your credit cards, your HMO membership. They are already doing this in GB.

Silent but deadly. Plan accordingly.

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