Is Red Dawn Really Just Ridiculous?
BY Herschel Smith
5 years, 6 months ago
A disarmed citizenry would be national suicide. It would invite invasion. It would make the risks of a Red Dawn scenario more likely. Subversives who undermine what the Founders knew to be “necessary to the security of a free State” are quite literally giving aid and comfort to America’s enemies.
I always thought that Red Dawn was plausible without an armed citizenry. Besides, now that the U.S. military has chosen to self destruct, what else is there beyond an armed citizenry? Do you really think the military is any shape to conduct full scale, conventional warfare?
Really? We couldn’t beat a bunch of goat herders in Afghanistan. What makes you think we can beat a uniformed army?
On May 30, 2019 at 3:29 am, Jack said:
“We couldn’t beat a bunch of goat herders in Afghanistan. What makes you think we can beat a uniformed army?”
Spot ON!
The Jetsons can’t finish the Flinstones, go figure.
On May 30, 2019 at 4:56 am, Matt said:
“We couldn’t beat a bunch of goat herders in Afghanistan.”
In all fairness, the political class has been using the military as a form of police rather than as an army like it was meant. There has been too much emphasis put on not harming the supposed innocent citizens. The same citizens that will detonate a bomb to frag your a$$ at the road side or worse.
I think if they were allowed to go in and start crushing, killing, and destroying with the objective of taking any semblance of will to fight out of those goat fornicators they would have been successful.
Unfortunately, the last time the world saw a generation willing to do just that was almost 100 years ago in WW2.
On May 30, 2019 at 7:13 am, Frank Clarke said:
In all fairness, the political class has been using the military as a form of
firewood
rather than as an army like it was meant.
There, I fixed it for you. We now use the military as a disposable commodity, like firewood or Kleenex or deodorant. Political problems? Chuck some military on it. That’ll fix it. If it doesn’t, chuck some more military on it. Repeat as necessary.
On May 30, 2019 at 8:29 am, Ned said:
Meanwhile, the neocons are champing at the bit for a war with Iran, while our own borders remain unprotected, and and larges invasion in history is occurring. Military will return from foreign adventures to find the USA is a woke and diversified third-world shithole resembling Brazil.
On May 30, 2019 at 8:50 am, Fred said:
A re-written Red Dawn with the DPRK as the invader is just ridiculous. The first script with the Chicoms as the invader isn’t. And the original isn’t. But why would Spaniard commies parachute in when they can meet ICE at the border, get a bottle of water, medical triage, and free ride to the bus depot? Trump fixed this right? What? Oh, I see.
On May 30, 2019 at 9:03 am, Chris Mallory said:
“The same citizens that will detonate a bomb to frag your a$$ at the road side or worse.”
If you are in their country, they are doing the right thing. Or does fighting back against an invading army make you a “terrorist”?
On May 30, 2019 at 11:36 am, MTHead said:
Biggest problem with “Red Dawn” in America is supply lines. even if you have a disarmed population. When people get hungry desperation leads to fighting back. Even if you turned off the lights and let us kill ourselves for awhile. Your supplies will just be to juicy a target for the hard-asses that are left.
The best case for China-Russia is to watch us kill ourselves and take over the rest of the world. Without America financial/military intervention the world is wide-open.
On May 30, 2019 at 3:41 pm, Dov Sar said:
The easiest way to take down our country would be EMP (and they better do it soon as the President is initiating steps to harden the grid). Pop off an emp or two over the middle of the country at the right altitude, then let us fend for ourselves as China and Russia divide up the rest of the world for themselves. There is a book written by Chinese generals that set out a scenario of taking North America for it’s farmland and doing away with most of the population; I wouldn’t say they haven’t considered it.
As for goat herders, Afghanistan was the burying ground of other great nations as well; Britain and Russia. Never underestimate goat herders.
On May 30, 2019 at 8:39 pm, Gryphon said:
The “Red Dawn” scenario with China (or NATO/UN Troops is totally dependent on
the feral government Letting them In. Geography- 2 Big Oceans and a few Submarines is all it would Take to ‘Sink’ any Invasion, never mind the complete lack of long-range Air Transport available to potential Enemies. Sure, you could pull the ‘Container Ship Trick’ filled with Troops, but How Far would they Get from the Port?
As for the rest, if something like that were to Happen, and it appeared that the ‘government’ was Aiding and Abetting the Invaders, I would be After the Traitors first…
“No One could ever Invade America. There would be a Gun behind Every Blade of Grass”. – some Japanese Guy.