In WWII France, 12,000,000 abandoned their homes and moved north to avoid the violence.
Consider the tactic from OpFor's perspective...
We like to think that can't happen here.
I live fewer than 20 miles from the US Capitol. Consider if forces in DC decided they wanted a 25 mile civilian-free zone around Washington in order to cut down on FreeFor ops in and around the city. Consider squads moving casually from the center of DC outward, pushing people before them with small arms fire and light armor - even our police forces have such armor today.
There are 6 million plus living in that zone.
We like to think in America there is a firearm behind every blade of grass. We like to think every American has enough FU in their DNA that such a push would be met by immediate return fire of such intensity that OpFor would get shut down.
Consider your nearest Metro area. Consider the people living there. Consider those in the surrounding suburbs.
America is not filled with such resistance any longer.
We might get there, after a second wind, when people buckle down, after most of the weakest have died-off. But for a moment just consider OpFor driving outward from the center of your nearest Metro center. How many hours would it take before waves of refugees were fleeing before them, over-running the 'burbs and then quickly into the "rural" areas where so many of our allies think they are safe.
We do not depend on mules pulling carts. Even the most poor American has a car or quick access to one. The range of the average car with a full tank is at least 200 miles, and upward of 400. The hordes of inner DC can pass my front door in fewer than 30 minutes. They can be at the base of the mountains to the west or bay to the east in under an hour. Hordes escaping southward from Baltimore will hit northbound hordes from Washington in fewer than 30 minutes. The hordes escaping Richmond from the North will hit southbound DC refugees in an hour.
For my friends in a comfortable rural setting, consider a virtual tsunami of frightened, angry people washing over your ground like hordes of locust, stripping everything before them in panic. Every grocery store, Wal-Mart, convenience store, et cetera would be stripped to the bone by people who don't know where the next scrap of food will be found, or where they will lay their heads tonight in safety.
As a martial artist with decades of experience under my belt I can promise you this simple reality: There comes a point when all the skills in the world will not help you in the face of sheer numbers. The best CQB martial artist I know can almost always survive a real, skillful unarmed attack by as many as 11 other serious martial artists.
Number 12 tips the scales.
One with a pistol makes the first 10 attackers unnecessary.
Do you understand?
Have you even considered such a tactic being used by Americans, against Americans?
There are no rules. You are not as safe and well-prepped as you think...
Resist!
Now!
Kerodin
III
"You are not as safe and well-prepped as you think..."
ReplyDeleteI have learned this fact over the last couple of years due to wildfires. No matter what, events can transpire that give you seconds to react and a lot of what you have prepared to get you through a situation must be left behind. The events in Japan have also reaffirmed your point. It makes me want to live very far off the grid or with other like minded people in close proximity.
And yes, I believe what you portray can happen here, especially if you live within a hundred or so miles of a heavily populated area. As I have said elsewhere, the veneer of American civilization is very thin and underneath is something that is very nasty and akin to locusts as you point out.
There's a two lane highway, a mountain range, and 350 miles of nothing between me and what could be called an moderately large urban area.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, if they did migrate here, my town would quickly be overwhelmed.
Until the only road between here and there became impassable...
AP
America as a whole might not have that resistance anymore, but Texas Does and the closest Metro Area to me is about a 3 hr drive on a good day.
ReplyDeleteTsunami, I don't think so more like a Ripple.
Dennis
III
Texas