Originally Posted by willravel

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?

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.