I understand that a pitched battle with the US military is a losing prospect. What I don’t understand is the thought process that brings someone to the conclusion that the US government can’t be brought down from within through the use of force. We aren’t talking about deer rifle toting rednecks marching down Pennsylvania Ave here. The US has been in Afghanistan for a decade now. Not only are we still fighting insurgents there but the now the locals just want us the fuck out. And that ladies and gentlemen is the key. Turn the population at large against the government.
Neither is comms the issue some of you seem to think it would be. In this day of disposable cell phones, free public Wi-Fi and oh yea, good old fashion couriers. The NSA isn’t going to be able to keep up with everything that is being said. Sure they might crack the occasional 2048 bit encrypted email, but by the time their super computer spends a week on it whatever it was talking about has already happened. Not to mention they don’t know who sent it. Only that it came from Starbucks in Desmoids and was received at the public library in Chattanooga. We won’t even talk about encrypted mobile short range packet radios.
Start beating on our already crumbling infrastructure. Inconvenience people. Turn the power off. Cut gas pipelines. Then watch the government do what the government does. Start restricting travel and communications. Hope they start doing some really stupid shit like blowing up grandma’s church with Hellfire missiles. Because if they do people are going to get pissed and that is what you want to happen.
I’m not saying it would be easy or that success is guaranteed, but the conclusion that it can’t be done just isn’t founded in reality. The mighty US military is 0’fer against insurgencies in my 50 years on this planet. I don’t expect that to change any time soon.
Disclaimer: I am not advocating armed insurgency against the United States government. Just arguing such a thing is possible.
Neither is comms the issue some of you seem to think it would be. In this day of disposable cell phones, free public Wi-Fi and oh yea, good old fashion couriers. The NSA isn’t going to be able to keep up with everything that is being said. Sure they might crack the occasional 2048 bit encrypted email, but by the time their super computer spends a week on it whatever it was talking about has already happened. Not to mention they don’t know who sent it. Only that it came from Starbucks in Desmoids and was received at the public library in Chattanooga. We won’t even talk about encrypted mobile short range packet radios.
Start beating on our already crumbling infrastructure. Inconvenience people. Turn the power off. Cut gas pipelines. Then watch the government do what the government does. Start restricting travel and communications. Hope they start doing some really stupid shit like blowing up grandma’s church with Hellfire missiles. Because if they do people are going to get pissed and that is what you want to happen.
I’m not saying it would be easy or that success is guaranteed, but the conclusion that it can’t be done just isn’t founded in reality. The mighty US military is 0’fer against insurgencies in my 50 years on this planet. I don’t expect that to change any time soon.
Disclaimer: I am not advocating armed insurgency against the United States government. Just arguing such a thing is possible.
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