To put it simply it's nothing more than fear mongering.
Do you really think our military are a bunch of mindless, soulless, automatons who will do anything the government tells them?
Originally posted by boomchank
But there is something I'd like to know. What do all the armed citizens plan to do against say, a fully loaded Apache gunship w/ all the bells and
whistles?
Oh I dont know, maybe sit back and watch it wreak havoc on it's puppetmasters when it's given an illegal order?
Our armed forces are full of good people who took an oath to defend their country and it's citizens, that includes protecting us
from our own
government if that need ever arises.
Put yourself in their shoes for one minute.
Your standing there with an M-16 in your hands and your commanding officer just gave you an illegal order to harm innocent americans.
You have family and friends and can only assume they will be subjected to the same abuse.
You can:
A. follow that order and go against everything you believe in, and kiss your family and friends goodbye.
B. use that M-16 to ensure that this same commanding officer never has the chance to give that order to harm civilians again.
Put yourself in the shoes of one of the marines gaurding the president.
The American public is rioting because their money is now worth nothing, and there is no food on the shelves of grocery stores. They are innocent
people who have been forced into a situation where they have no choice but to riot, or lay down and die.
Your family and friends are being subjected to these same conditions, and you are standing a few feet away from the man who gave the order who put
them all in that situation, and you are armed.
What would you do?
Just relax and stop freaking out, panic won't help anyone besides your puppetmasters, why would you want to empower them more?
Until that time comes enjoy your family and friends, enjoy the little things in life.
Don't waste what time you have now worrying about what might happen, by all means prepare yourselves for it physically and mentally, but there's no
sense in working yourself up over something that may never happen.
Relax and try to enjoy the good things, instead of freaking out over all the bad things that could possibly happen, that is not living.
There is a time and place for everything, this is neither the time or place to start freaking out. As a matter of fact even if and when the hammer of
martial law drops on us, that is still not the time to freak out, panic will get you nowhere, it will do nothing for you. Fear is healthy, panic is
irrational.
[edit on 4-12-2008 by ashamedamerican]