{"id":8781,"date":"2012-08-11T09:37:22","date_gmt":"2012-08-11T13:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=8781"},"modified":"2019-09-10T05:08:29","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T09:08:29","slug":"u-s-military-planning-for-american-insurrection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=8781","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Military planning for American Insurrection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, an article written by retired Army Col. Kevin Benson and Jennifer Weber in the Small Wars Journal<\/a> titled \u201cFull Spectrum Operations in the Homeland: A \u2018Vision\u2019 of the Future.\u201d started to go viral on the Internet. The article talks about how the U.S. Military would be used to crush a Tea Party inspired rebellion.<\/p>\n

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The actual article in Small Wars Journal<\/a> is a typically dry piece full of jargon and Milspeak. The scenario it sets up is rather silly.<\/p>\n

In May 2016 an extremist militia motivated by the goals of the \u201ctea party\u201d movement takes over the government of Darlington, South Carolina, occupying City Hall, disbanding the city council, and placing the mayor under house arrest. Activists remove the chief of police and either disarm local police and county sheriff departments or discourage them from interfering. In truth, this is hardly necessary. Many law enforcement officials already are sympathetic to the tea party\u2019s agenda, know many of the people involved, and have made clear they will not challenge the takeover. The militia members are organized and have a relatively well thought-out plan of action.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It goes on to say that local law enforcement will not move against the \u201cRebels\u201d and that the \u201cRebels\u201d set up check points to stop illegal aliens, collect tolls and arrest people who complain about the take over. After the set up, Colonel Benson<\/a> and Jennifer Weber<\/a> put together all the details for the military to move in and retake the town. This includes executive orders issued by the President, operational planning and other odds and ends. Read the article for all the details.<\/p>\n

The Washington Times saw this and wrote their own \u201creview\u201d of the article<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Imagine Tea Party<\/a> extremists seizing control of a South Carolina town and the Army<\/a> being sent in to crush the rebellion. This farcical vision is now part of the discussion in professional military circles.<\/p>\n

At issue is an article in the respected Small Wars Journal titled \u201cFull Spectrum Operations in the Homeland: A \u2018Vision\u2019 of the Future.\u201d It was written by retired Army Col. Kevin Benson of the Army’s University<\/a> of Foreign Military<\/a> and Cultural Studies at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and Jennifer Weber<\/a>, a Civil War expert at the University of Kansas. It posits an \u201cextremist militia motivated by the goals of the \u2018tea party\u2019 movement\u201d seizing control of Darlington, S.C., in 2016, \u201coccupying City Hall, disbanding the city council and placing the mayor under house arrest.\u201d The rebels set up checkpoints on Interstate 95 and Interstate 20 looking for illegal aliens. It\u2019s a cartoonish and needlessly provocative scenario.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That is an understatement. If such an event actually occurred, it would mean that things were so far gone that people saw no other alternative. Additionally, I didn\u2019t see any mention of the state government or the state National Guard which would be the real \u201cFirst responders\u201d in such a situation. If the Governor of South Carolina refused to send in the Guard, it would mean that the situation was a lot worse than this scenario posits.<\/p>\n

The article is a choppy patchwork of doctrinal jargon and liberal nightmare. The authors make a quasi-legal case for military action and then apply the Army\u2019s Operating Concept 2016-2028 ((US Army Training and Doctrine Command, The Army Operating Concept 2016 \u2013 2028 (.pdf) ))<\/span><\/span> to the situation. They write bloodlessly that \u201conce it is put into play, Americans will expect the military to execute without pause and as professionally as if it were acting overseas.\u201d They claim that \u201cthe Army cannot disappoint the American people, especially in such a moment,\u201d not pausing to consider that using such efficient, deadly force against U.S. citizens would create a monumental political backlash and severely erode government legitimacy.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh, it\u2019s a lot worse then that. The odds of the military actually carrying out these orders are very bad. If such a situation actually occurred, it wouldn\u2019t be one town, this would happen all across the nation. In all probability you might see entire states refusing the diktats from Washington. (This assumes that Obama won a second term of course) There is a better than even chance that the rank and file troops, possibly entire formations would not only refuse the orders, but would move on Washington themselves and remove the administration that issued what they would see as illegal and unconstitutional orders.<\/p>\n

The scenario presented in Small Wars Journal isn\u2019t a literary device but an operational lay-down intended to present the rationale and mechanisms for Americans to fight Americans. Col. Benson and Ms. Weber contend, \u201cArmy officers are professionally obligated to consider the conduct of operations on U.S. soil.\u201d This is a dark, pessimistic and wrongheaded view of what military leaders should spend their time studying.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think we now see why Colonel Benson is a Retired colonel and not a serving General. If he came up with this idiocy, I don\u2019t want him anywhere near U.S. Troops. It\u2019s obvious that he has failed to understand the history of this country and why such a scenario he and Ms. Weber came up with is so wrong headed. If people start taking up arms against the federal government, it means only one thing. The federal government has lost all credibility and no longer has the privilege to handle the affairs of the nation. For them to resort to sending in the military would mean that the Republic was finished and we were now nothing more than a centralized authoritarian state.<\/p>\n

Now, some will say that the Civil War in the 1860\u2019s showed that the federal government can and should use the military to stop an insurrection. (The secession of states and formation of the Confederacy) While I make no claims to being an expert on the causes of the Civil War, there are two major differences here.<\/p>\n

First, we had a number of states secede and form their own nation. Second, they opened fire on Fort Sumter. Up until that point, they were still talking. Granted, the two sides were not talking to each other, more like at each other. In the scenario set up by Benson and Weber, the groups are not talking secession, they are looking to force a restoration of the Constitution and see no other alternative but to take up arms. The officers and enlisted personnel in the United States Armed Forces are NOT sworn to the president or Congress. They are sworn to uphold and defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic. You now have the conundrum of who the military considers to be the actual enemy. Those that are seeking the restoration of the document they are sworn to protect, or those who have been busily and happily shredding it.<\/p>\n

Finally, Benson and Weber pretty much blow their scenario out of the water with this section.<\/p>\n

While mainstream politicians and citizens react with alarm, the \u201ctea party\u201d insurrectionists in South Carolina enjoy a groundswell of support from other tea party groups, militias, racist organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan, anti-immigrant associations such as the Minutemen, and other right-wing groups.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

First off, the Tea Party despises the KKK along with, oh, just about everyone in the country. The so called \u201cAnti-Immigrant\u201d groups are actually anti-illegal immigration groups. The ones who want to end all immigration forever are generally tied in with the KKK nut bars. Most people, (Myself included), have no issue with legal immigration. It\u2019s those that won\u2019t obey the laws and demand special treatment that we want gone. The \u201cMinutemen\u201d Benson and Weber mention are probably tied in with the Minute Man Project. They are an organization that is trying to get the Federal Government to stop illegal immigration and enforce the current laws. They have nothing to do with the KKK and other racist groups no matter what accusations the Southern Poverty Law Center<\/a> claims.<\/p>\n

This whole article apparently was written to frighten the Progressive Elite and assure them that they can order the Military to crush all dissent. I, for one, am not worried about the Military moving against the American people. The ones who should be worried are those who might be contemplating issuing those orders in the first place.<\/p>\n

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Remember in November and remove the morons who might contemplate giving such an order from office.<\/p>\n

Thatisall<\/p>\n

~The Angry Webmaster~<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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A View from the Beach: US Army Plans for ‘Tea Party’ Coup in 2016<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Kevin Benson of the Army’s University of Foreign Military and Cultural Studies at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and Jennifer Weber, a Civil War expert at the University of Kansas. It posits an \u201cextremist militia motivated by the goals of the ‘tea party’ …<\/div>\n
http:\/\/fritz-aviewfromthebeach.blogspot.com\/<\/a> \u2014 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 02:00:00 -0700<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I Keep telling you Folks that “BIG Government” Ain’t YOUR Friend …<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
… are told to plan to fight Americans. Washington Times. http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2012\/aug\/7\/the-civil-war-of-2016\/. Full Spectrum Operations in the Homeland: A \u201cVision\u201d of the Future. By Kevin Benson and Jennifer Weber …<\/div>\n
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EDITORIAL: The Civil War of 2016 – Washington Times<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Kevin Benson of the Army’s University of Foreign Military and Cultural Studies at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and Jennifer Weber, a Civil War expert at the University of Kansas. It posits an \u201cextremist militia motivated by the goals of the ‘tea party’ …<\/div>\n
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EDITORIAL: The Civil War of 2016 U.S. military officers are told to …<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Kevin Benson of the Army’s University of Foreign Military and Cultural Studies at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and Jennifer Weber, a Civil War expert at the University of Kansas. It posits an \u201cextremist militia motivated by the goals of the ‘tea party’ …<\/div>\n
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