Question to the U.S. Military: Would You Shoot Americans?

A number of loose ends have come together in my consciousness in the last several hours. Obesity. Poor education. The pharmaceutical industry. TV. Internet. Sports teams. Illegal aliens. The Second Amendment. UN troops on American soil. Prison camps. The granting of U.S. citizenship to illegals if they serve in the military. Substance abuse. Seemingly unrelated subjects, but I'm beginning to see a plan.

First off, let me state that I have never been a gun owner. I have always felt that guns caused more problems than they solved. But I am also a person whose mind is open to new ideas, who enjoys the process of new information coming in and old ideas going out.

The government is afraid of its citizens, primarily because we're armed. In an ideal world, it would be because we were fit, well-informed, assertive, and holding our government accountable, but that unfortunately is not the case. Fast food, obesity, drug and alcohol abuse, passive lifestyles, a dearth of credible news sources, obsession with sports teams and other distractions, and debt and its ensuing stress have made the vast majority of Americans feeble shadows of the proud nation of doers and dreamers they were 60 or more years ago.

The government knows that it does not have enough troops to police the entire country, especially as we're fighting wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and have more than 170 bases around the world. So the government and corporate media are doing whatever they can to portray gun owners and Second Amendment advocates as dangerous and crazy.

Add to this mix the news I received from a friend whose brother was the captain of a ship in the U.S. Navy and is still working as a Navy consultant. The brother said that a few years back, military personnel were posed with the question: Would you fire upon American citizens if ordered to do so? Eighty percent said "no." First off, why was the government asking this question unless it has plans to do so. And, two, don't breathe easy because 80 percent said they wouldn't. That, in my mind, is why illegals are now granted citizenship after serving in the U.S. military. The government needs to get as many people in its military who have no connection with U.S. history or any kind of feeling for what it means to be an American. I seriously doubt if many recent immigrants, legal or illegal, have a dewdrop in their eyes when they think of Thomas Jefferson or Lewis and Clark. And governments know that soldiers do not want to fire upon their countrymen. Remember Tian an Men Square? The soldiers who mowed down student protesters were not from Beijing. The Chinese government called in troops from distant provinces to do the dirty work. So what's to say foreign-born troops aren't being trained to fire on Americans in the event of social unrest?

Also recall that we are now using more military contractors (aka mercenaries) in Iraq than we are U.S. troops, that the infamous Blackwater, now known as Xe, was used in New Orleans to "police" the populace after Katrina, and that several U.S. cities have already contracted with Blackwater to control citizens in the event of civil unrest. And remember what Blackwater has done in Iraq, shooting civilians for no reason other than it felt good. Also that Blackwater is comprised of work-for-hire gunman from war-torn, impoverished countries in Africa and eastern Europe, people who could care less if they killed Americans.

Of course, there are also other means that could be used: predator drones and UN troops, some of which have been training on U.S. soil. Wouldn't it be ironic if the Americans who didn't give a hoot about the civilians we are murdering with drones in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan--saying that it saves the lives of American troops--would be murdered by drones that are piloted by American troops?

To add still another layer to this evil, more and more is being written about how this economic disaster has been orchestrated, that it was intentional, in order to destroy the American system and issue in a new currency. In fact, the $3 trillion wars we're currently fighting are a fantastic means to bring about our ruin. Bringing down the U.S. is one of the last agenda items in the march toward one world government.

These bastards are so ingenious, getting taxpayers to fund their own enslavement and annhilation. Brilliant!

I'm not rushing out to buy a gun, but I certainly can understand why people are doing so. The government is not to be trusted, I've known that since the mid-1980s, when I began to look into CIA"s cocaine-gun running.

The most important thing is to be informed but not afraid. Fear is what the powers that be want. Fear means control, and I will not be controlled. Now is the time to understand the evil that is at the core of business and government but to keep one's own house in order, delighting in the beauty that surrounds you in every moment and knowing that you are far more than the little body you are currently inhabiting.