Quote: (02-23-2014 01:41 PM)assman Wrote:
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Apparently you've never heard of Afghanistan. You know, that dirt poor country that has defended itself against the two most powerful militaries the world has ever seen.
Interesting..
Afghanistan is a bad example, both of their wars were technically fought and financed by fighters who weren't Afghan. 1st war, US provided the weapons and training and 2nd, the Pakistanis and Gulf states did. US would have pacified Afghanistan faster if Pakistan wasn't playing both sides of the fence. But I see your point, I think better examples are the Rhodesian Bush War, First Italo-Ethiopian War and Finish Winter war. But I could be wrong. I am no history expert
But I a digress....
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As compared to them, American patriots would have several major advantages:
1. more rifles
2. more tech in general to make all kinds of explosives. You think IED's in Iraq and Afghanistan are something, wait until you see what Americans can build
3. more and better trained long distance shooters
4. the politicians and generals directing the military are not beyond reach - better believe that will give them pause before ordering troops to fire on Americans. There will be no place in this country that will be safe for traitors and their families.
5. the troops - many will defect and bring their gear with them before turning on Americans
I could go on, but I get that many Americans are so cowed by America's military that they have already resigned themselves to being able to do nothing but hope and pray the federal government never becomes tyrannical. For those paying attention, history teaches us differently - a minority of determined men can make all the difference in the world.
All of the above bravado sounds nice and dandy on the Internet. I am glad that you have more faith in your fellow Americans than I do. IMHO, there could be Chinese tanks patrolling Times Square tomorrow, the average American would not care provided the checks kept getting direct deposited into their Chase "Check free" checking account.
On this forum we can't even agree what "Red Pill" even means, do you think people are even going to know what "tyrannical Federal government" even looks like? In some circles, some say we passed that point decades ago. NSA probably has like 50k employees and only 1 of them had the balls to expose the blatant violation of the constitution. Everybody else didn't want to make any waves, never forget that for most people trinkets/money trumps everything:
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“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it."
--Upton Sinclair
Shiiiiit... Obama's ordered the killing of an American citizen and his 16 year old American son on super duper intelligence and the corporate owned press(Fox News included) didn't even flinch. No Grand jury,no protest, no hearing,no kangaroo trial, no nothing.... You probably don't even know his name.
What makes you think these "patriots" with rifle skills aren't going to be labeled as a "domestic" terrorist and have a FBI send a hit squad their way like they did to the Black Panthers, Black Liberation Army, Machateros,KKK, Weather underground, etc.
What's to stop the government from blowing up a kennel full of cute puppies and kittens and then saying your group did it? The supply of sympathizer pussy will dry up faster than the Sahara. The US has a lot of experience in propaganda and extreme Violence against groups who jeopardized its cash flow, freedom be dammed. Just ask anybody in Latin America older than 40.
But we are getting off topic and long winded, my point still stands, if all you have is a gun, you and you buddies have absolutely have zero shot against the federal government regardless to how legitimate your grievances are.
However, if you have a fat bankroll and can hire lobbyist, the sky is literally the limit.