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Originally posted by DZAG Wright
Violence isn't the answer, we would never win. Our military is in possession of tech we haven't heard or seen. Guns would be useless.
The way to fight TPTB is to do absolutely nothing. If enough people decided to buck the system, stop working, paying bills and contributing to society...TPTB would have to play their hand then.
It's a dream, but if every person in America agreed to stop working on the same day, I mean bankers, police, lawyers, repo men, military, EVERYONE...we can force the TPTB to show themselves.
Originally posted by hounddoghowlie
reply to post by Skippy1138
Secondly- I wouldn't be so sure about your statement.The mighty Russian Army with all their tanks, choppers, machine guns,etc went running out of Afghanistan with their tail between their legs because of guys with rifles,sticks, and camels...
well that's only half right, before charlie wilson and the cia got involved with the taliban, they were all but beaten.
charlie wilson and the cia provided a means to get the money to acquire, stinger missiles and other heavy weapons for taliban. without which it would have been only a matter of time before the hind and bmp's would have completely ruled the skies and ground in afghanistan.
see the soviet union didn't approach afghanistan, like the U.S. approached vietnam. for them it was scorch and burn any and all strong holds they came against. they even went as far as pouring fuel in tunnels and caves to burn out the taliban. where as vietnam was more of a war for profit,( there was a lot money made in the vietnam era) and designed not to be won. with the fire power the U.S. had and i'm talking conventional weapons, we could have blown them back to the stone age.
before the afghans got the stingers hind polits flew where ever they wanted, and after they got stingers the hinds would not fly through any valleys, they would fly over mountains and around to avoid, (what then were called freedom fighters, but their ture colors showed up) taliban popping up out of little rat hole above valleys, and firing down on the choppers.
no if the cia and charlie wilson had not got involed in afghanistan i dare say the world might not be where its at today.
Drawing from the Soviet experience, this article will highlight military and political experiences that are relevant for the United States and NATO and areas where policy should be adjusted. The article will avoid normative judgments on the legitimacy of the presence of Soviet versus U.S./NATO forces and instead focus on specific challenges and the consequences of some Soviet policy choices during their occupation of Afghanistan
The Red Army’s troop levels in Afghanistan peaked at over 100,000, though nearly a million Soviet soldiers served during the ten-year intervention (Hammond 1984, 190). The Soviets used brutal tactics to confront the mujahideen and showed little concern for average Afghans. Heavy firepower, chemical weapons, and indiscriminate firing killed many civilians during Soviet efforts to root out insurgents. The Red Army razed entire villages in areas where ambushes had occurred, wiping out inhabitants and destroying crops without, ultimately, diminishing the strength of the resistance (Bradsher 1983, 211).
in which he shows that the soviet failure was more political than military....
Originally posted by John_Rodger_Cornman
The elite want us to revolt its all according to thier takeover plan. They want us to look like violent irrational "extremists" so that they can then put us all into martial law. Its bait and switch guys come on.
The nwo have already planned this out to a T and have exit plans if thing change up.
The only way to change them is to start being libertarian. Stop buying thier products. Stop watching thier propaganda. Stop using thier institutions. Stop eating thier carginogenic foods. Don't buy anything connected to a globalist megacorp. Use only local credit unions. Not international mega-banks.
No violence.Peaceful protest,boycotts,local coops etc. It only validates thier authoritarian agenda.
Originally posted by hawkiye
I am not advocating violence. Just dispelling the myth that the people would have no chance should our military be used against us.
I think non-violence is the way however I am not against defending ourselves if forced too as a last resort.
Those saying the Afghans had help or Vietnam was political are repeating rhetoric. They aren't getting any help from us right now and we have been there ten years and still can't route them out.The fire power in Vietnam was so overwhelming it was like rock throwing against guns. They would napalm a whole jungle and people would still come walking out of the smoke. Sure we could have won with a scorched earth policy and killed every living thing however that is not the reality of how wars are fought generally.
Also we would have help too if it came down to it from a faction of our military. The idea the people have no chance is non-sense and the fact remains no modern military has ever defeated an indigenous population on thier own soil and it isn't going to happen in American soil.
Trying to subdue the American people by out right force would be the biggest mistake anyone every tried. Especially because they are having such success using other non-violent means. Why would they risk a violent revolution on the plantation when they are doing just fine with propaganda, corruption, and subversion.edit on 2-3-2011 by hawkiye because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by DZAG Wright
Originally posted by hawkiye
I am not advocating violence. Just dispelling the myth that the people would have no chance should our military be used against us.
I think non-violence is the way however I am not against defending ourselves if forced too as a last resort.
Those saying the Afghans had help or Vietnam was political are repeating rhetoric. They aren't getting any help from us right now and we have been there ten years and still can't route them out.The fire power in Vietnam was so overwhelming it was like rock throwing against guns. They would napalm a whole jungle and people would still come walking out of the smoke. Sure we could have won with a scorched earth policy and killed every living thing however that is not the reality of how wars are fought generally.
Also we would have help too if it came down to it from a faction of our military. The idea the people have no chance is non-sense and the fact remains no modern military has ever defeated an indigenous population on thier own soil and it isn't going to happen in American soil.
Trying to subdue the American people by out right force would be the biggest mistake anyone every tried. Especially because they are having such success using other non-violent means. Why would they risk a violent revolution on the plantation when they are doing just fine with propaganda, corruption, and subversion.edit on 2-3-2011 by hawkiye because: (no reason given)
Step back and think for a minute...move away from the camp fire where you and your buddies are talking about how our military would have a hard time against you and your rifles. It's not reality.
Have you ever witnessed the awesome fire power our military have? Have you ever talked to a surrendered Republican Guard who was still shaking and #ing himself from having an Apache chopper bare down upon him and his fellows? Have you seen the M-60 much less the 50 Cal firing on people, vehicles, etc from 1000 yards away? Have you seen what a round from a tank does to the impact area, or how fast they can actually move?
And this is just the conventional weapons we all know about! What about the weapons that have been developed specifically for civil unrest here in America? A soundwave device that will knock anyone within a 300 yard radius unconscious when fired. A weapon that when activated will cause any gun fired to perform a back fire and blow your own face off?
My friend our military has far surpassed the ability of being defeated in a battle when the gloves are off! If it were our goal we can annhilate any foe we want without breaking a decent sweat. The COC is playing over there in Afghan which is why I lost faith in our leaders. It's like the Dragon Ball Z cartoon where the characters boast about only using 30% of their power in order to make it close to a fair fight.
But all of this is neither here, nor there. Our troops would never agree to wage a full out war on their own country. So this scenario is purely speculation and will never happen any way.
Originally posted by crimvelvet
Opening the borders wide to "invite attack" as the government did at Pearl Harbor in 1941, is the only explanation for this insanity.