Internal War Is Now On The Horizon For America
Submitted by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.com,
If internationalists were to get their way fully with the world and future historians write their analysis from a globalist perspective of the defunct American nation, they will probably say simply that our collapse was brought about by our own incompetence - that we were our own worst enemy. Yes, they would treat America as a cliché. They will of course leave out the destructive influences and engineered disasters of elitists, that would just complicate the narrative.
My hope is that we do not prove these future historians correct, and that they won’t have an opportunity to exist. My work has always been designed to help ensure that resistance thrives, but also that it is pursued in the most intelligent manner possible.
As I write this, China’s stock market has crashed 7% and was shut down by Chinese authorities who are once again initiating outright intervention to stem the tide. U.S. markets are quickly tracking lower. Oil is plummeting.
Relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran have turned ugly, with Iranian protesters overtaking the Saudi embassy and both sides vowing vengeance. Many Americans won’t care much about this because they think it has nothing to do with them. They don’t realize that Saudi Arabia has already publicly suggested a depeg from the U.S. dollar, effectively ending the decades-long relationship between the greenback and oil. The Iranian event and U.S. ties to both nations only make the fall of the dollar’s petro-status more likely in the near term. With the U.S. in the middle, "taking a side" will be a demand. I believe the U.S. government will NOT take a side, and this will elicit a furious response from Saudi Arabia (a currency depeg).
The Obama Administration has just made introductory announcements on new gun control measures through executive order. These announcements were rather light on details and heavy on crocodile tears. Their vagueness is clearly deliberate. Psychological evaluations, redefining who is a lawful firearms dealer, "expanding" background checks; all of these measures could be interpreted broadly to mean almost anything. We will probably know more in the coming weeks.
And in Oregon over the weekend, Ammon Bundy and friends lured hundreds of protesters under false pretenses using the Hammond family tragedy as a vehicle to then initiate a takeover of federal buildings that have no strategic or symbolic value, boxing themselves into a static position and proclaiming themselves to be the “tip of the spear” in the fight against corrupt government. In the meantime, anyone who questions the validity of this idea or the logic behind the “plan” is immediately labeled a coward and “keyboard warrior” by their supporters. Emotionally manipulative arguments abound because there are no tactically rational arguments to be made, which tells me that the plan was doomed before it was implemented.
As I wrote in my article “Oregon standoff a terrible plan that we might be stuck with,” some people (not many but some) in the liberty movement are desperately clamoring for a fight; and they don’t care if the circumstances are intelligently executed or idiotically executed. They only care if it kicks off.
I openly supported and aided the efforts at Bundy Ranch because the ranchers were defending their home from clear federal aggression. The Feds were direct invaders in that scenario. In Oregon, protesters are being perceived as the invaders, not the defenders — and all launched in the name of the Hammond family, who asked them NOT to artificially create a standoff. The two scenarios are polar opposites, and Oregon will end in a very different fashion.
I would just like to note that the Founding Fathers were smart enough to avoid deliberately trapping themselves in static positions on land that had no strategic or symbolic importance while inviting the British to "come and get them". Again, there are right ways and wrong ways to fight tyranny. Simply being willing to fight is not enough.
Now, if Americans are going to create standoff situations that could result in civil war they should do it over draconian gun control measures such as the use of classified government watch lists as grounds for denial of 2nd Amendment rights, rather than using a family who did not want armed support to begin with as a means to an end.
Keep in mind that watch lists are entirely arbitrary. There is no due process involved whatsoever, meaning you or I could walk into a gun store one day only to have our 4473 form denied because some bureaucrat in an office in D.C. decided we said something he doesn’t like and belong on a naughty list. The changing of gun dealer laws could be used to erase gun shows and private sales of firearms as well.
A standoff scenario based on these issues would be a much more practical concept than what is taking place in Oregon.
As our situation in this country becomes more precarious, there are going to be far more flashpoints than anyone will be able to keep track of. It is inevitable that a fight between corrupt elements of the U.S. government and regular people will erupt. I and other analysts have been warning people about this for years. I have been educating people on their preparedness options and tactical resources. I have been promoting community preparedness teams in my work with Oath Keepers and helping to organize such teams in my own part of the country. I even designed the first working thermal evasion suit available to civilians to give people half a chance against advanced weaponry. I have no illusions that a peaceful solution exists. I know that there is no such solution at this point in the game. But when the fighting starts, I also know that those who navigate the storm intelligently rather than allowing their emotions to get the best of them are more likely to survive and succeed.
I cannot say how quickly a crisis will develop. But, I can outline some of the many pitfalls you are going to come across as this storm rises.
False Leadership And Irrational Leadership
You are going to stumble across numerous gung ho activists and even politicians who will claim they have the one and only solution, that they are the real “tip of the spear.” First, if you feel compelled to seek out leaders on the mere basis that they have offered to lead you, then you need to do some soul searching. Become your own leader first. And then, if you meet someone with an excellent plan and a principled motive, give him the time of day, but don’t jump blindly into any situation.
If his plan seems poorly thought out, don’t follow him. If his agenda revolves around his own ego and a desire for personal glory, don’t follow him. If he focuses completely on the Obama administration and ignores the complicity of Republican leadership, don’t follow him. If all he talks about are the evils of the federal government but he ignores the puppet strings that lead to international banks and globalist organizations, don’t follow him. If he refuses to allow his initiatives to be questioned or discussed in a reasonable way, do not follow him. If he acts as if his ideas are sacrosanct and questions your “patriotism” when you do not immediately jump on the bandwagon, do not follow him. Remember, it is the job of this leadership to CONVINCE YOU of the legitimacy of their plan if they are seeking your support. The burden of evidence is on them. It is not your job to support them blindly just because you want to avoid being called a "sunshine patriot".
To summarize, if you are going to follow someone, know him well first, and make sure his planning is solid.
Hotheads And Imbeciles
I’ve found that there are two very frustrating extremes within the liberty movement: the people who embrace pacifism and who refuse to even consider the possibility of a violent conflict and self-defense, and the people who have delusions of being the next George Washington and are ready to dive headlong into any violent confrontation without thinking because they want to cement their own legacy. Neither of these groups seems to be able to treat each event as unique: some events requiring a diplomatic approach and some of them requiring the violence of action.
The pacifists are annoying, but they mostly hurt themselves in their lack of preparedness and a warrior’s mindset. The hotheads are the real problem. If you are only looking for a fight, then one will certainly find you; but any moron can trigger a standoff with the Feds. The point is to be able to make a move that matters in the long run. Hotheads cannot think beyond themselves and their immediate needs. They are like mosquitoes mindlessly hunting for blood. Strategic planning is impossible for them and they will destroy allies in the process of their pursuits.
I hate to say it, but there is a distinct possibility that our current generation of freedom advocates and freedom fighters may not live to see the future we are working toward. That better world built on liberty, individualism and voluntary community is something our children will thrive in, not us. If you are not fighting with a long term strategy in mind, then you have missed the entire point.
Factions And Tribes
Humans in crisis events tend to become more tribal in their associations in order to survive, and this is not necessarily a bad thing. I would rather live in a tribal world than under centralized corrupt government or global government any day. That said, if a “tribe” or faction does not respect the rights of the individual or uses unprovoked violence to achieve its goals, then it is no better than any other tyranny. Never trade safety for tyranny, regardless of the difficulties ahead.
The upside is tyrants of small tribes are easier to deal with than tyrants of large nations. They are no more bulletproof than anyone else, and they don’t have the resources to prevent reprisal if they hurt the wrong people.
Expect that families, neighborhoods, towns, churches, gangs and activist groups will rally around each other as a way to provide security. If you do not already have friends and family on board with your way of thinking, you will be isolated, making survival far more difficult if a breakdown does occur.
Governments Will Not Disappear
I can think of very few scenarios in history in which a crisis or collapse immediately facilitated the fall of the government in power. Rather, the government usually morphs into something else, something more dangerous. In fact, crisis is often the prime excuse used by corrupt officials to rationalize greater controls on the population. This in turn acts as a catalyst for more rebellion, which in turn acts as a vindication of the government’s tyranny.
Does this mean people should not rebel against tyranny? No, it means that we have to fight smart and retain the moral high ground at all times. We must act in a way that exposes the true nature of corrupt government, rather than giving them more ammunition to shoot us down with in the public eye. Above all, if we fight we must fight TO WIN. This means not deliberately searching for an Alamo. Martyrs are ultimately useless in this kind of war because if we lose, no one will remember them anyway. Glory seekers and self-proclaimed prophets will only lead people to disaster.
Develop a tactical mindset because the future will require tactical minds. Maintain your principles no matter the threats ahead. Retain your humanity. But also, when the fight begins, fight with the intention of victory. Choose your ground wisely.
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We are not far away from a Fort Sumter moment, but I pray that peace and reason may yet prevail.
I do not look forward to uprisings in the U.S. It would be much easier to give all the elitists a pill that instantly gave them a conscience. or morals, or ethical attitudes, or at least just a tiny respect for the constitution.
Since that's not gonna happen......think I'll stay in Texas and hope we don't bail. For now, the constitution still means something here, which makes this Texan at least feel free.
It's the best choice in a dwindling pool of choices.
Raised to believe in Liberty hand-in-hand with Responsibility we are FURIOUS that Washington D.C. and Wall Street have bent us over and expect Serfdom and Dependence.
Rot in Hell you Motherfucking Bastards!
'bout time the US sheeple took up the baton from the Europeons. Sarc
Is there anything such as a lame sheep or does this adj. only apply to a duck?
Instead of the Circus that is ZATO and The Wahhabi United Front ( excluding Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and Oman ) it should be a United Factions of the Disjointed States that need to form a Coalition. A concerted Attack on the Government/BankCorp from all corners is required; including the Jews, who's murderous Leaders are selling them out also.
Brandon Smith,
Our "collapse" is far from a done deal. Sometimes it's so much more difficult to try to focus on solutions instead of staring an ongoing chain of events and consequently assuming that it ends in disaster.
"our collapse was brought about by our own incompetence"...More probably if collapse is in the cards it will be seen to have been brought about by our abrogation of reason. But maybe your "incompetence" and my "anti-intellectualism" are the same.
Anyone who hasn't stacked a little ammo, should do so, and soon.
This year will be one to remember. All it will take ia another Traycoon or Mike Brown type of incident to happen again, except without the attention the coons and agitators crave. The election will crowd out the coonery, and thus the uaual suspects will chimp and make complete fools of themselves.
Chimpout advisory!
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No.
Most Americans know that they live among their own, and it is a very big country. Yes, criminals will kill. They always do. Others will find ways to stay safe, defend their own communities, as they have always done. Always.
It is politicians and their money whores who are most afraid of what they have done. They are a greedy minority, easily ruined first by their own machinations.
'Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.' (Napoleon).
2008 was a terrible mistake. Next time: jail 'em, don't bail 'em.
End the Fed.
+1 "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake" is great advice. So is peaceful non-compliance, looking after oneself, making friends, prepping for contingencies and helping others do the same.
I wonder sometimes whether these "Internet tough guys" are agent provocateurs to recruit patsies for the next false flag or prison-fodder for another FBI sting. It's not as if case studies of these aren't well documented already.
I seriously doubt there would ever be a popular uprising in the States anyway. I mean, the msm is gridlocked with propaganda, apathy is rife, along with ignorance, paranoia and distractions galore. What does it take for the average American to take action after so many false flags, wholesale rape of the economy, trillions of dollars going walkabout into the MIC, billions to Israeli zionists every year, blatant fraud by the Fed & in the markets, endemic corruption in every corner of the civil service, bailouts, batshit crazy foreign policies, creating terrorists, war crimes, blanket surveillance, Edward Snowden, Bradley/Chelsea Manning, Wiki-fucking-leaks and whatever else I've inadvertently left out? The information is all out there at the click of a mouse for anyone who doesn't have memory retention of a goldfish with ADD.
It's just WEIRD to me that other than the #blacklivesmatter nonsense (ALL fucking lives matter, morons) and the tiny short spark of the #Occupy movement, the dialogue of dissent with reasoned, lucid arguments is missing from the populace. That's the reason why people like Ron Paul, Paul Craig Roberts and Tulsi Gabbard aren't in the WH.
Education. Very important that the establishment gets hold of it. Why do you think the Germans started so early.
Get rid of anything that might cause the sheep to question their reality. If you're ignorant, you can't be part of a dialog. If you're never taught how to reason...
One hell of a time that we live in. "May you live in interesting times" is an incredible understatement when considering this time in history. I don't know what the answer is as far as the meaning of life and all that but if it turns out that the Hindus are right and existence is karma based and we have to be reincarnated to spiritually evolve and make up for past mistakes.... then we all reeeeally fucked up somwhere!
I am Christian Protestant by upbringing. I believe we make heaven or hell in our own life, and the next world is beyond our knowing. We are care takers for all living things; we are of all things.
My family owe our lives to Tisquantum, and we are forever grateful for his courage, and kindness. I do not need some foreign idea, although it may be equal in its own place.
look up the "Age of kali-yuga."
<-- whenever CabalA$$LickerLiarAddictObamma locks down govt. buildings again
Occupy these, and even declare a parallel goverment
oust the caballah stooges in the govt
and then dont let police loot your wallet
reposess your nation
be free again
you americans who have some balls left
Shit's getting better Brandon. Keep it up. Ignore the trolls. ZH has attracted a shitload of them over the last few years. Means it's becoming relevant.
With Drudge linking to ZH articles more people than ever are getting a wake up call. It has to be driving the Fed controllers nuts.
[Art.] 10. [Right of Revolution.] Government being instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the whole community, and not for the private interest or emolument of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, whenever the ends of government are perverted, and public liberty manifestly endangered, and all other means of redress are ineffectual, the people may, and of right ought to reform the old, or establish a new government. The doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power, and oppression, is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind. (NH)
Steady, aim...hold. Don't shoot til you see the whites of their eyes. That time has not come yet.
Be steady, not stampeded. That is my advice.
First, let them fall by their own crumbling and failed fiat money.
Shout louder to end their foreign wars which bankrupt the USA, and the world. And causes intolerable pressure in the USA which is the last bastion against their globalisation, the Internationale; rule by bankster.
This is a time for calm minds, not hot heads.
THAT TIME HAS COME STAND TO !!!!!!!!
Further, shooting people is an inefficient approach to changing things. Short-term effective and emotionally satisfying, it leaves too many side-effects.
We can end this government any time we want, no person injured. Just stop the airports from working. Fragile things, airports, but you can't run a civilization without air travel.
But we have to be ready to assume responsibility if we do that.
So we need enough agitation to keep our Israeli-Neocons from starting a world war, but not so much someone gives us a government. That would shift the blame from them to us.
I think that is the major problem with states seceeding, also. Can the maintain the social security checks? They will get blamed immediately for all of those problems.
FUCK TALKING ABOUT IT. LETS GET IT OVER WITH. SUNDAY WORKS FOR ME. 8AM BITCHEZZZZZZZ
The Federal Government owns HALF of Oregon. Congressman Greg Walden says US government has gone too far into tyranny. Story at www,paulcraigroberts.org
Oregon has natural gas and uranium the politicians want to steal.
The timing on this is exactly when Obama is going after guns.
And what would Oregon do with all that if it owned it alone, hmmm? We live in an interconnected world. Oregon will go bust if it thinks its land is more than the rest of the USA. Think on that.
I don't think the West is wild enough to live on its own nowadays. Not that I like the District of Criminals. But think before you shoot yourselves in the foot, and gift DC a pretext to smack you down.
Having the Federal government manage things is probably a considerable improvement over the way the government of Norte California would do it themselves.
We're not talking Wyoming here. It's the West Coast.
The women in the west don't reproduce, they are " educated ". Whatever bundle of cells happens to run the birth prevention gauntlet and make it to the womb is promptly executed.
Do you think God may raise a more red blooded people to chastise the west?
Sure looks that way.
The USSA is too far gone down the path of corruption of the rule of law to avoid a bloody reckoning. Countless examples demonstrate this, not the least of which is the IRS/Lois Lerner, the Holder/Fast'n'Furious, Bengazi/Shillary, Shillary/classified emails on the unsecured, private, undisclosed email server, the failure of the White Housenigger to equally uphold the law (pick from a basket here, starting with immigration and drug law), and of course, all the corporate fraud. Dont forget the circumvention of due process (NDAA, 2012-present), and the circumvention of the freedom from unlawful search & seizure (TSA, no-knock warrants). The SCROTUS has already reviewed aspects of the no-knock bullshit, showing JUST HOW PERVERTED our rule of law is. The mind-boggling aspect of the coming confrontation is how oblivious the armchair globofascista is to how much their lifestyle will be negatively impacted by the advent of the sharp end of that conflict. A lot of the mental-Montel Williams are going to get dead as part of the purge. This isnt going to end well for them.
Free John Corzine
Free? I thought he cost his customers billions. Shomeshing wrong with the vig?
He has been charged with something? Last I heard he was starting a new fund.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
Worth repeating, Quebecguy. Well said.
P. Lemieux?
Brandon Smith has become an unreadable self-parody like Kunstler.
No-one's asking you to read it.
I enjoyed it, I'm sure others did too.
His style, what he writes about and how he writes it might not be to everyone's taste, but again, no-one's asking you to read it.
Atomicwasted is a liberal douchebag who wanders over here from intermittent teet suck of Suckington Post, then goes ad hominem attack on anything that doesn't fit the liberal agenda.
We will see less of him as the 2016 race kicks off and he gets ready for Hitlery....
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Form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.
Brandon, is it remotely possible that the Hammond property is rich in natural resources as Dutchsinse and Montagraph have suggested?
If so, is it further possible that BLM wants to sieze said property in order that FedGov can pledge it as collateral to the One Bank?
If the ultimate goal of the One Bank is in fact to "own" the world (which I believe it is) in fee simple, this seems, to me at least, to be the most likely motivation.
Otoh, the Bundy's have no more business there than the US has in Syraq- they weren't invited.
National Review has an excellent overview of this situation that certainly seems to make sense.
National Review - A Necon shit rag - burn it.
BLM fascists want to turn ranchers land into a cattle free rest home for deer and racoons. They don't even want joggers running on the place cause they think it might disturb their pets.
They routinely burn ranchers' grazing and fences and call it fire-fighting
But, when a rancher starts a back-fire to protect his property, it's called "terrorism" and he goes to jail for no less than 5 years.
It would appear the Dutchsense and Montagraph are on to something.
From the NYT
As the Russians gradually assumed control of Uranium One in three separate transactions from 2009 to 2013, Canadian records show, a flow of cash made its way to the Clinton Foundation. Uranium One’s chairman used his family foundation to make four donations totaling $2.35 million. Those contributions were not publicly disclosed by the Clintons, despite an agreement Mrs. Clinton had struck with the Obama White House to publicly identify all donors. Other people with ties to the company made donations as well.
And shortly after the Russians announced their intention to acquire a majority stake in Uranium One, Mr. Clinton received $500,000 for a Moscow speech from a Russian investment bank with links to the Kremlin that was promoting Uranium One stock.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/cash-flowed-to-clinton-foundation-a...
And it continues in Nevada
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/water-environment/criminal-charge-file...
Federal authorities have filed a criminal charge against a mine owner who is locked in a dispute with the National Park Service over access to his property near Lake Mead.
Robert Earl Ford is accused of "willfully injuring" government property in March by widening a dirt road that runs through Lake Mead National Recreation Area to his Anniversary Mine.
Not enough people will take up arms to matter. Those who do will be steamrollered. Greece is a scale model for what will happen here... the masses are going to bend over and fucking take it.
Resistance takes many forms. No need to run into the mire of insolvent banksters. Let them rot.
End the Fed.
Yup, that's about how George III viewed his colonists.
3% fought the City of London's King George and the banksters. The rest helpled supply lines, stood aside or died.
Steady, aim...hold. No need to rush. Let the imploding banksters kill each other as we see this week with their communist China and HSBC afeared.
Let them rot more.
It is a time for cool heads, not hot heads, imo.
The differences are so many I have to think anybody who claims to not see them is being disingenuous. But I'll list them:
The technology available to the citizenry was almost indistinguishable for that available to the military. The gross mismatch you have now didn't exist. You had musket against musket then; now it's hunting rifles against drones and armored vehicles.
People mostly provided for their own needs. You didn't have virtually everybody utterly dependant on the trucks running on time to not starve to death. How the fuck are the masses going to participate in an insurrection that will certainly disrupt commerce when disruption of commerce equals no food? The masses will be shooting at the revolutionaries, or at leary ratting them out.
You had a population of hardy colonists... not fat office drones.
The colonists would have failed had the British army not been bogged down in more critical theaters.
How many years did Osama live after the White Housenigger had him targeting for droning? If the .mil tacticool gear REALLY worked, do you think those backward Russians would be starting shit with the USSA? How bout those Chinese? Why are they barbarically building islands and telling the mighty 'Boss Man' USSA to fuck off? Oh right, it's cause the tech and the gear is mostly bullshit.
Osama died in 2007 - see here. He was let out of Afghanistan so the phony war on terror could bring Trillions for the MIC/Banking mafia. While nuclear nations can stand up to the MIC here, the angry joe six doesn't stand a chance vs the mighty MIC. All the weapons can't do shit if an Abram tank comes rolling into your hideout. The only way the tryranny will come to an end is if enough people realize the money changers schemes vs the working folks and demand their removal.
Ok, sure. Osama didnt get hidden in Pakistan for years. The wrecked stealth chopper was a nice touch to the fantasy concocted to dupe the masses. And whacking SEAL team 6 to keep the secret (that they didnt really go in to whack Osama) was genius.
Demanding that the money changers receive justice is going to be met with the same Abrams tank that you are trying to get us to wet our pants about. Better start learning how asymmetric conflict works.
Your assessment is essentially correct in that this is not 1776 or 1860. The fragility of our infrastructure is almost beyond comprehension. This fragility makes it possible for a tiny minority to shut down the whole show. Some time back, ZH pointed out that the destruction of nine substations would shut the grid down for about 18 months. Can you imagine what a couple of hundred guys with chain saws could do? What would happen if the night shift decided to shut the pumps down on our reactors? Within a week every major city would become uninhabitable. The military could not contain New York during such an event. They have absolutely no chance of containing the east and west coasts.