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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
Will, if I thought that even for one second, the government would use a nuclear weapon on its own soil, against american citizens, then yes....we'd have the right to arm ourselves with nuclear weapons. Logically, and in reality, the government not only could not do that, but would not do that. Not only would it be total political anhilation to do so, current laws regarding the release of nuclear weapons make it so that it is practically impossible to do so.
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I would have thought it legally impossible to spy on Americans 10 years ago, too. That aside, I'll still take your thought to it's logical conclusions. What could our government (police, paramilitary, military) theoretically use against it's citizens? Tanks, attack helicopters, mortar fire, missiles, EM or microwave weapons, cluster bombs... I mean this is a long and scary list. Do you think anything I just named should be realistically released to the public?
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
Now, one would also think that the government would NEVER use military hardware against its citizens, but we already know that they have in the past and there is no reason not to think that they wouldn't in the future, so you have to ask yourself, who do you think is the sovereign ruling body of america? Is it the people or is it the body of government? If it's the people, how do they do that without being equal to the standing army? If it's the government, how do they manage that when the constitution plainly states that it's the people?
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I've already discussed how I believe that a people under militaristic, tyrannical rule would defend themselves: bombing campaigns. The US military is basically useless against guerilla tactics being carried out from within a civilian population. When it comes to traditional warfare, the US is second to none. It makes no sense to attempt to go toe to toe with the military industrial complex face to face. Bombing supply routes, bombing production facilities, and hitting small patrols is how you do it.