Civil War

Upcoming civil war is a common topic on the internet as people become angrier with those in power, elected or behind the scenes. I anticipate we will have violent protests in our future. The question I have is, “What is civil war?”

From Wikipedia:

A civil war or intrastate war^[a] is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies

I don’t see this happening, especially along the lines of the American Civil War/War of Northern Aggression. The key?  Organized groups.

Give the FBI credit. They can’t seem to find auto theft rings, catalytic theft enablers, Islamic jihadists, or Chinese spies but  excel in infiltrating groups opposed to government interference in our lives. That makes organized groups, beyond very small cadres, ineffective.

What seems to have been the common element in past civil insurrections are one or more leaders people will rally around. The closest in my lifetime is Donald Trump.

What are more likely are individuals, or very small cadres, conducting sniping and bombing campaigns. MANPADS vs private jets? Old fashion mortars? Is Martha’s Vineyard within range of a mortar on the mainland? That would ruin a garden party. Pain, suffering, and death among the presently coddled elites might change some attitudes.

At this point the only seemingly directed mobs are BLM and Antifa who are most likely government sponsored and protected.

The late Mike Vanderboegh wrote clearly on this subject with his blog, Sipsey Street Irregulars.

http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/

Yesterday the barber I visit cut my hair. He is from Iran and I inquired about his take on the current riots there. He is of the opinion that the exiles who want back in power are behind them; that there are no leaders, and that the rioters won’t change anything.

Who am I to say he is right or wrong? What I heard echoed was a sentiment many in this country have about our lives.

To sum up, I expect the future will bring more pissing and moaning but no civil war. Unrest, rioting, vast increases in crime, and hand wringing by politicians, yes. Civil war, no.

Feel free to express your definition of civil war.

As always, YMMV.

Militia and Civil Insurrection

Another civil war in the United States?  Much has been written recently, including insightful posting by bloggers on my sidebar as to the possibilities. In the usual WSF fashion, some incomplete, often half baked thoughts.

Let’s start with this.

West Point in the Making of America

americanhistory.si.edu/westpoint/history_5b.html

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That is the future of war—not fighting but famine, not the slaying of men but the bankruptcy of nations and the break-up of the whole social organization.” “Amateurs study tactics,” goes an old saying, “armchair generals study strategy, but professionals study logistics [obtaining and moving supplies].”

What are the two crucial needs of any group, anywhere? Food and water.

 Shelter can be improvised. Medicine will extend life but not sustain life. Feet have been a means of transportation for some 300,000 years depending on what anthropologist you wish to quote. At no time did anyone survive without food and water.

The last Presidential election was, to me, a stark reminder of how this country is divided. Shillary carried the dense urban areas, Trump, the rest of the country. In terms of total numbers, Shillary got more votes. Thanks to the Electoral College, the left coast and the northeast didn’t get to impose their views on the rest of the country. Yeah, yeah, that is simplistic, but I believe accurate, and this is my soapbox.

Say it blows up, most likely the urban areas against the rural areas. Who controls the source of much of the water and nearly all the food? Obviously, the rural areas. The urban area will need to use force to secure the necessities, and the means to transport the necessities. Roads, railroads, water works, and electrical generation sources will be the critical logistic focus. They will need armed and trained people to secure them. Where do they get them?

From Wikipedia.

The primary form of military training is recruit training, which makes use of various conditioning techniques to resocializetrainees into the military system, ensure that they will obey all orders without hesitation, and teach basic military skills

Gangbangers and anarchists? This assumes the military opts out, or enough to negate their impact. Police? Not ready for prime time IMO.

OK, WSF, where do the rural areas get militia?

Let us say you need a rallying point and a rudiment command structure. Name me a rural city that doesn’t have an American Legion Post or a VFW Hall. Many will be old and fat, but they are a pool of training, experience, and motivation that the urban areas cannot match. Thanks to the 2^nd Amendment, the rural areas are full of firearms, ammunition, and people who regularly use them.

My late father liked to talk about the, “Belly flapping principal. Nothing changes your opinion like your belly flapping”.

If we have a civil war, it won’t be long before the urban areas experience belly flapping. Want an example? General Sherman’s march through Georgia, and later, Winter Campaigns against the Plains Indians.

Like any somewhat sane person, I never want to see it happened.

Sanctuary

Once again WSF goes meandering into a murky posting. You have been warned.

Going back to the Vietnam conflict, who remembers the insanity of sanctuaries? At times and places giving them the advantage; the communist forces would launch an attack and retreat to their sanctuaries when they started to lose. Regroup, resupply and plan their next attack unmolested. We have repeated this insanity, to a lesser extent, with Pakistan/Afghanistan. How many of our troops have died because of this?

Now to the point. We have open subversion occurring daily in this country, year after year. The actors have their own version of sanctuaries from the financiers sulking in the background. Some are obvious, George Soros probably the best known, and other lesser publicized foundations and trusts like the Joyce Foundation provide the bulk of the financing.

http://www.joycefdn.org/

There are many organizations like this, mainly tax exempt, run by people with no public accountability. I believe they act as sanctuaries for the enemies attacking us from within by providing money. 

Isn’t it always money? Even the useful idiots of Antifa and Black Lives Matter need food and shelter. Where do they get it? Doubt many have jobs. The money people skulk in the background, funding troublemakers, with no personal consequences. 

They buy politicians. Shillary, anyone? City mayors? How do we change this?

If sunshine is a great sanitizer, the process may be starting.

http://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2017/08/pick-your-enemies-carefully.html?

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http://theredelephants.com/doxxed-list-every-single-antifa-member-released-8chan/

Once again Peter Grant offers some clear insights. Worth reading completely and the links he provides.

http://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2017/08/clearly-they-dont-believe-in-democracy.htmlutm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BayouRenaissanceMan+%28Bayou+Renaissance+Man%29

How do we speed the process and bring light and heat on these smug insulated elites? How do we make their lives as uncomfortable as they are making ours? Folks, I don’t know. Further, I’m not smart enough to figure it out.

If our country devolves into civil insurrection and anarchy then I do know ways, just saying. What is the impact of just one sniper on a battlefield?

Maybe that is the reason they hate the 2^nd Amendment?

What Are They Thinking?

When you deal with almost any level of government today, do you experience this?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1299237781504204785

Shortly after the Murrah Building was bombed, and for several years after, I noticed a distinct improvement in the demeanor and service of government workers at all levels of government. Maybe they realized the person standing in front of them was not a hapless supplicant for their office’s service. This has faded. Most from the Oklahoma City Bombing era have retired.

We have a whole new level of arrogance in this country. Snooty “intellectuals”. Patronizing university professors. The Obama Administration. The Bush administration. Tom “The Hammer” DeLay. Raul Emmanuel; the list goes on. Disrespect towards people who have different opinions; who don’t gratefully assume their “proper” roles.  Do these people think they can’t bleed; can’t be hurt? That they don’t have spouses, children, parents, etc. that aren’t, and cannot be, protected round the clock. The time is coming when they will learn they are wrong, I fear.

It is not as if the warnings aren’t there. Some clear posting on that theme and potential consequences can be found at SipseyStreetIrregulars among others

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=ie7&q=sipseystreetirregulars&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-Address&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&rlz=1I7ADRA_en

and on many blog sites (left, right, middle).

The Oklahoma bombing was allegedly  organized and pulled off by a small cadre. Oswald supposedly operated alone. One disgruntled individual with a willing shooter paralyzed a whole metropolitan area.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beltway_sniper_attacks

Say 1/100th of 1% of the licensed hunters in this country started target shooting on upscale golf courses early on Saturday mornings? Or say, gondolas on ski lifts? Might suck out a lot of the joy in being rich and powerful, don’t you think? Sort of like British Gentry in Ireland for a few hundred years magnified a hundred fold.

I am NOT advocating any of this. I won’t help anyone who is. Should I ever hear of anything like this, I will be talking to my trusted LEO relatives (and not the Fan Belt Inspectors).

Now we have this Holmes freak. Lone wolf? Too soon to tell. Another speculative viewpoint?

http://personalliberty.com/2012/07/26/conspiracy-theories-arent-always-false-just-unpopular/?eiid=

This Presidential Election may well be the trigger. Romney wins, the Left goes berserk. Remember the Weather Underground? Obama wins, gets even more radical, and the Right goes to war.

Big difference today? Information and communications. Whole new “force multiplier”.

Maybe all these “smart” spin doctor people trying to mold the public mind should go back and study the law of unintended consequences.

http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/UnintendedConsequences.html

It is likely I'm "preaching to the choir" and those reading my blog are already well on their way to being prepared.