01-03-2020, 02:29 AM
Militia formation appears to be ramping up, of two distinct and different varieties. There is a training camp being held in an out of the way location for training militiamen , which I believe is a "private militia" effort. They will just be training in military basics like weapons familiarization, battlefield first aid, etc. I don't know yet if any tactics beyond basic formation will be getting disseminated there.
For the other type, Oath Keepers is sending in training teams for "government militia" being formed under the authority of county governments, which is the sort I argued for the formation of here. They will also be working some with the "private militias", but their focus will be on the official militias.
Personally, I view the private militias as dangerous - that's how Warlords get started, when they have private armies of men under arms who do not answer to the people they are supposed to be protecting, and only answer to the would-be warlord. I believe the only answer is public militias, under authority of the local county governments, and coordinated with local sheriff's departments. After all, local sheriffs will be the first under the gun when Richmond starts trying to "fire" elected local officials whom they never hired to begin with. WE hired them, not Richmond, so Richmond does not have the authority to fire them as far as I'm concerned.
My strong points are organization, guerrilla warfare, and Ranger operations, should they decide they have any need of any of those things. Just about every man-jack raised here is already a proficient sniper, so no training will be required for that.
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For the other type, Oath Keepers is sending in training teams for "government militia" being formed under the authority of county governments, which is the sort I argued for the formation of here. They will also be working some with the "private militias", but their focus will be on the official militias.
Personally, I view the private militias as dangerous - that's how Warlords get started, when they have private armies of men under arms who do not answer to the people they are supposed to be protecting, and only answer to the would-be warlord. I believe the only answer is public militias, under authority of the local county governments, and coordinated with local sheriff's departments. After all, local sheriffs will be the first under the gun when Richmond starts trying to "fire" elected local officials whom they never hired to begin with. WE hired them, not Richmond, so Richmond does not have the authority to fire them as far as I'm concerned.
My strong points are organization, guerrilla warfare, and Ranger operations, should they decide they have any need of any of those things. Just about every man-jack raised here is already a proficient sniper, so no training will be required for that.
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’