Posted on 10/22/2002 3:57:57 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
As the DC area Sniper attacks continue, fear and hysteria spread, the media frenzy increases, and authorities are in the dark about the culprits; the movement toward war with Iraq moves forward methodically and seemingly undaunted. Yet, should it?
Granted, and to the delight of the anti-gun fringe, it is still possible that the Sniper attacks could be the work of a lone serial killer, the possibility of foreign terrorists engaging in Unrestricted Warfare on American soil should frighten those that understand the dark scenario that presents.
Simply put, Unrestricted Warfare is formless warfare. It only materializes into formation, or presents itself, when it strikes. In more practical terms, it is the blending of military and civilian forces. Unrestricted Warfare is new kind of Gorilla Warfare that does not distinguish between military and civilian targets. Unrestricted Warfare is what Chinese military strategists Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui described in the 1999 Chinese People’s Liberation Army text as the warfare of the 21st century. It is Sun Tzu’s "The Art Of War" reborn into an even more ruthless version for the third millennium.
To them, September 11th 2001 signaled the decline of the United States as a super power. Unrestricted Warfare is the equalization of military forces through tactics rather than simply technology. The U.S. is trapped in an outdated mode of military strategy, bound by conventional tactics, ideas, and philosophy.
Again, the DC Sniper may be a serial killer, but for the moment, assume that it is not a serial killer. If it were foreign terrorists, theoretically, any nation or organization could be behind it. It could be an Al Quaeda terrorist cell hoping to make U.S. support of Israel waver. It could plausibly be Israeli terrorists trying to black mail the U.S. government into following through with its threats of war toward Iraq. Maybe even Chinese terrorists trying to disrupt the U.S. economy to gain a competitive advantage. What if the Sniper attacks are simply a diversion as a large-scale attack is being prepared using weapons of mass destruction?
Imagine if terrorist cells carried out such Sniper attacks on ten major metropolitan areas at once. Chaos would follow much like the Anthrax attacks that followed the September 11th bombings. Interesting how those Anthrax attacks just suddenly stopped. No mention of the cause or the cure. Was the U.S. government black mailed by the Anthrax attacks? Or were the Anthrax attacks just test marketing? Imagine a multi city future series of attacks that involved both Sniper attacks and Anthrax attacks. It is possible that a foreign power could have been responsible for the Anthrax and Sniper attacks and is simply planning for a massive nationwide future attack utilizing multiple terrorist attacks that will predicate a conventional attack on the United States.
As the United States is about to wage war with Iraq using a conventional force, it is even possible that Iraq is beginning a series of offensive Sniper attacks across the nation that will cripple the U.S., using nothing but man power to achieve its objective.
This is Unrestricted Warfare. Uncertainty, doubt, and chaos are the result. Even allies could be responsible for such attacks since the perpetrators of the attacks are not revealed.
So how do you fight shadow?
The counter to Unrestricted Warfare is Unrestrained Warfare, absolute, complete and total warfare, the elimination of half measures. Military application is no longer a tool to achieve political or economic objectives. It becomes the ground of life and death. The use of military force is to achieve total destruction of the enemy. Full commitment and holding nothing back.
True, Sun Tzu said, "To win without fighting is best." Such a philosophy would dictate a foreign policy designed to minimize enemies. While foreign policy can be redesigned, much of the damage has already been done. So there is more that must be done besides just changing foreign policy.
It was Sun Tzu who said, "Invincibility is a matter of defense." Therefore, the first step to becoming invincible is militarizing the U.S. borders. To some this seems extreme, but to truly counter Unrestricted Warfare with Unrestrained Warfare, halfway border control measures don’t make the grade.
The methods of Unrestricted Warfare necessitate an infiltration of the host nation much like a parasite. Working from within, the terrorist cells inflict their damage. The only effective method of preventing terrorism on U.S. soil is to prevent the entrance of the terrorists.
There are 11 million illegal aliens in the U.S., so long as that remains the case, terrorism will remain. The most important element to a war on terrorism outside of preventing more potential terrorists from entering the U.S., is tracking down, detaining, and deporting these intruders.
It should be pointed out as a reminder that is was illegal aliens that blew up the World Trade Center.
The U.S. must become a citadel of liberty, a Fortress America. It is only through an integrated and impenetrable defense that weapons of mass destruction can be prevented. That means that border control is just as important as a missile defense system.
Regardless of who is responsible for the Anthrax attacks, there is one thing that they have made clear, the U.S. may be about to launch a massive offensive invasion of Iraq, yet still is vulnerable in the area of national defense.
It looks like a charging bull with a glass jaw.
or not....
Fine. With enough such positive posts, I went back and tried to finish the article. Then I came across...
There are 11 million illegal aliens in the U.S., so long as that remains the case, terrorism will remain.
Unmitigated bigoted bull$#!^. Large numbers of illegal immigrants have nothing to do with terrorism ("unrestricted warfare"). The last several terrorists, on the whole, have been LEGAL immigrants or CITIZENS. (A few may have been marginally illegal - a _few_.) 11 million illegal aliens are not the problem - ONE LEGAL alien (or homegrown sociopath) can bring a nation of cowards to its knees.
Just because some bigoted ignorant moron manages to say a few obvious things doesn't mean they're worth listening to. I still can't finish the article.
Sloppy. They were here legally, and they didn't "blow up" the WTC.
Otherwise, he makes some good points.
"You damn dirty apes!!!"
Except that it wasn't the author's error. See post #7.
Most of the time spelling errors are irrelevant. there, their, and they're is common and understandable. Sometimes, though, they can be a keen indicator of ignorance. The difference between guerrilla and gorilla is profound, especially in an article which supposedly explores the nature of irregular warfare - the very definition of guerrilla. Sort of like misspelling Shakespeare when discussing the Bard: one simply could not be taken seriously, and for good reason.
real people are being gunned down
While you're worried about TOLERANCE, real people are being gunned down. You're wasting time giving credibility to someone who is plainly & demonstrably an ignorant bigot. There's an awful lot of clueless people babbling; the author of the above article is plainly one of them.
Don't forget "Giants Sweep Double-Header."
If a drive-by shooter was answered with a hail of bullets that turned the vehicle into a collander, there would be darn few drive by shootings.>[?I have stunned some friends by stating that I have no problem with the idea that if the gun control laws didn't exist, every black might have a gun ; and hopefully every white,red,yellow, and brown person too. As I remind people the bad guys are already carrying guns, it is only the good guys who are likely to be arrested solely for being preepared to defend themselves and theirs.
If the people in the vicinity of the sniper were armed ,then they could have long ago stopped him ; instead they can only "run in a zig-zag fashion".
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