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Originally posted by Merlin Lawndart
Of course he is. It's just unfortunate there are still so many people that don't think there is a plan. No agenda here! They just go with the flow, right? They WILL do everything they can to advance their plans.
He's not a unknown. He was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.
Guess who he lost to? Yeah, Barack Hussein Obama. So he has credibility, well that is unless you don't feel the people at the Nobel Foundation are capable of judging that.
Originally posted by beezzer
Let's table-top this.
The economy collapses.
The grid is down.
Riots in the streets.
Mass starvation.
Massive movement in the streets, migration to safer areas.
And our military is going to impact 300 million plus?
I am highly speculative.
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
This is kinda scary IF there is any basis to it because there *IS* a scenario where it works and U.S Troops would, in my opinion, fire on U.S. Civilians without more than the expected hesitation of firing on any civilians. Two things HAVE to happen first...but only 2.
The Internet HAS to shut down or lock down. One of the two, but free and unrestricted net based communication HAS to come to a sudden and unexpected stop without time or notice to even discuss the fact THAT is happening.
Wireless and Satellite Communications likewise have to shut down or lock down. Satellites are probably much easier because there are fewer of them than ISP points and domestic means to connect if it's not locked down right.
The end result is a situation of normal one moment ....and your WHOLE WORLD becomes no more than what you can visually SEE or hear for the indefinite future. No News and NO way to get independent news. What we know is what we're told in single source emergency fashion. Likewise, the troops aren't magical. If we're down, so are they without the dedicated military systems meant to bypass it all ...and they are also designed with the internal controls which make them safe to leave operating under watch.
After that happens? Well hell... You can tell the troops anything you want for a story to make sense ...then make sure the city or town being cleared that night is pissy about something so they're agitated and appearing to be all worked up. The story to the troops fits and if played right, the townsfolk can be fed info right to start reacting VERY badly to the troop's arrival..further enforcing the B.S. line they deployed under that night.
Result? You have troops as confused and devoid of credible information as anyone else and NO ONE wants to quit the safety of numbers and organization while there is total uncertainty beyond that. As long as the confusion and lack of information could be maintained? Those running things would have uncoordinated resistance at best and again...The troops just get told THOSE domestic terrorists are among the minority of radical extremists that CAUSED it all to happen. No communication BETWEEN units which isn't official. Remember? So...your small units wouldn't even know that ALL of them are getting the same tasking to different "minority extremist cells" to purge. Not till it was all over or someone REALLY screwed up.
Have a nice night thinking on that one.
Originally posted by Darkrunner
All ten questions regarded willingness to engage "domestic combatants", willingness to obey those orders if given, etc.
So you can call it paranoia all you want, but somebody is wanting to know something.
Originally posted by Aloysius the Gaul
Originally posted by Darkrunner
All ten questions regarded willingness to engage "domestic combatants", willingness to obey those orders if given, etc.
Indeed - and when I applied for a commission in 1982 I was asked if I would fire on protestors, or order my troops to do so.
for the record I replied that there might be some circumstances where I would do so, but I couldn't imagine what they might be, and i didn't get the job.
So you can call it paranoia all you want, but somebody is wanting to know something.
Of course - why would you NOT want to know how psycopathic or prone to massacres your troops are??edit on 22-1-2013 by Aloysius the Gaul because: (no reason given)