Brace for A Real War at Home

DefenseWatch "The Voice of the Grunt" ^ | January 22, 2003 | Ed Offley

[Mossad1967]

The next war with Iraq won't be a distant video-game conflict that we will watch live on CNN as in 1991.

It will likely be a two-front war, with the American heartland as the second battlefield.

That's the quiet but grave warning that senior military officials are beginning to sound as the Defense Department accelerates its plan to assemble nearly 200,000 troops in Southwest Asia preparing to invade and topple the Iraqi regime. Hundreds, if not thousands, of U.S. military personnel are also quietly preparing for combat right here at home.

This is a threat and a response issue that has quietly emerged in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, although it has attracted scant attention or interest from Congress, the news media or public at large...

[Southack]

"Ready on the coast."

I never doubted it.

I'll do my part if they make it further inland.

[TheFilter]

Time to watch one of my favorite movies of all time, or at least teenagerhood: Red Dawn!

[islander-11]

We've got the Island covered. No worries here.

[blam]

If I need you, I'll call. Fly into here:

Dauphin Island Airport

[Southack]

That's a great flight destination (been to it more than once).

[CyberAnt]

Interesting article, but who is Attorney General Ashbrook?

[Travis McGee]

I worry more about an economy killer, such as 100# of anthrax spread an ounce at a time through the USPS, UPS, FEDEX, subways, airports etc.

The transportaion infrastructure would utterly collapse.

[JustPiper]

I had some other materials, but not that particular FEMA guide, which looks to be pretty comprehensive. I downloaded the pdf's I wanted to print for my family. I'm also going to email the link to some other folks.

Just finished doing this and saw your post ;)

[JustPiper]

Do you know that and Trilogoy of Terror have always terrified me. I saw Red Dawn to everything. Shoot I'm sitting here talking to you at my monitor right now saying I've always been scared of the Red Dawn scenario, because I know I would not fare as good as those kids, and could not handle the concentration camps like the adults.

[harpseal]

I must agree that Israel is the model for what we can expect. I would recommend that everyone be prepared to respond to almost any emergency. As to a home invasion of this home I personally do not think any terrorist would like the result. Then again neither would I. Cleaning the stains off the hardwood floors and the white painted walls would be rather unpleasent and I really do not wish to have to repaint the interior.

I for one do not look forward to having to engage in a self defense scenario so I will be happy to get in all my target practice at the range. Anything else requires too much paper work. I personally tend to think most such terrorist incidents will tend to be concentrated in the areas of prime news coverage where the perception is that guns are not as easily available to the ordinary citizen. The terrorists can listen to news coverage and will tend to realize places like New York City, New Jersey, Massachusettes, Rhode Island, Maryland, DC, Illinois, and California are places where the legal restrictions on gun ownership maximize their effectivesness

[_Jim]

It will likely be a two-front war, with the American heartland as the second battlefield.

Yeah, right.

(What's this guy on?)

[Mulder]

It will likely be a two-front war, with the American heartland as the second battlefield.

Thanks to open borders, I have no doubt that there are thousands of sleeper agents in the United States.

It wouldn't take much for them to cause massive disruptions, even using relatively "dumb" techniques.

The damage would be even worse if strategic targets were hit, along the lines of what Jeff Head describes in "Dragon's Fury". I also have no doubt that the Chicoms already have networks in place to carry this out in the event of a future war over Taiwan.

Then they would laugh as our government passed even more laws to harass, not the terrorists, but the American people.

[_Jim]

In addition we'll probably get hit by a few train derailments and highway-bridge collapses.

You're joking ... right?

Afghanistan has been nearly totally purged of Al Quieda (sp?), and we haven't had any terrorist events even a fraction of the size of 9/11 -

- yet tales of doom and gloom continue to persist?

Wouldn't it be common sense *to think* that any terrorist groups that could REALLY have acted effectively would have been identified by now - or have ALREADY engaged in some sort terroristic acts?

THIS was never foreseen by the 'terrorists' -

- 1) our invading Afghanistan as well as 2) the threatened invasion of Iraq -

- so MY MONEY would have been placed on a continued succession of ATTACKS commencing *after/coincident with* 9/11 ... not a supremely delayed response predicated on seeing the USA perform actions I (as a terrorist) would have seen as HIGHLY UNLIKELY:

the USA 1) invadiing Afghanistan, then 2) Iraq -

- nor would I (again as a terrorist) allow additional time to elaspse that would allow Law Enforcement within the US to identify and prepare as well as look for said 'terrorists' ...

[sarasmom]

I must take exception to the idea that the USA private citizen response will resemble that of the Israelis.

I do not imply any derogatives to the people of Israel.

Different cultures respond differently to organized terrorist activity.Ireland and England basked in the bloodshed for decades.Germany tried them in abstentia and shot them on sight.

Terrorists are not a new species.Terrorists attacking the civilians of the USA, in the CONUS, are now an indisputable fact of life.

I can relate to you now, that those in the military in the 1970-80s timeframe, who lived in foreign country's, imagined the time that this barbaric blight of humanity would hit the USA at home.

We have not the patience nor the level of statist inculcated guilt to tolerate the atrocity that other cultures have endured.

All hell will break out soon.It has been known for decades that the people of the USA will not play the "game" the same way the europeans did.

Hell is soon to be unleashed.The choice was made long ago, the extent of chaos is the only true subject of debate.

Lock and load.

[_Jim]

Thanks to open borders, I have no doubt that there are thousands of sleeper agents in the United States.

With ZERO training ...

What are you guys on anyway?

[blackbart.223]

"We've probably already seen most, if not all, of what they can and will do. Just look over to Israel."

This is a good point. Isreal exists much closer to these fanitics than we do and yet they go on. That isn't to say we shouldn't have concerns. But when you boil it down, We are stronger than the muslim fanitics making threats that they can't pull off.

The danger comes from The Saddams in the world who are secular and have visions of being the next Hitler.

[Mulder]

With ZERO training ...

I don't think you could be more wrong.

The militant islams have enough training to do some serious damage (see 9/11). And even without training, they could take advantage of the feminized American mindset and wreak havoc by doing any number of very simple things.

Hell, given this mindset they could probably shut down 20 airports by simply leaving a copy of "Guns and Ammo" in the respective terminal areas.

[Southack]

"The transportaion infrastructure would utterly collapse."

... be delayed by at least a day by the new irradiation (for mail) and inspections programs (for deliveries) put into place after such an anthrax attack as that described above.

[SAJ]

Yep. Well said.

I would PREFER to think that the ragheads CANNOT be so stupid...but, absent evidence to the contrary, who knows?

[CARepubGal]

I love that movie! Red Dawn BTTT!