Why are you people trying to start a war that no one will win?

[Savannahmann]

16. I'm afraid of ignorance getting us into a situation we can't win.

I spend a lot of time reading. Not just the Liberal pages in which I find great enlightenment and well considered arguments. I read the other side unfiltered. Guess what, their movement is large enough to be very dangerous. What they do not have at the moment is a unifying clarion call. Ruby Ridge and Waco were too long ago to be used.

No longer is the Michigan Militia the force to be concerned about. Those guys in the 1980 and 1990's were middle aged men who were veterans from Viet-Nam and their supporters. They were too old to be in the field anymore. But the movement of today is much more dangerous, because it is backed up by veterans of the various wars we've been fighting. They are young enough, trained well enough, and experienced enough to be very dangerous if they ever unite.

Keeping them separate and letting time pass is the best answer possible. A confrontation does nothing to help us, and does everything to help them. Look at the ongoing war against Al Qeada. How many times have we wiped out their leadership? How many times have we announced they were on the ropes, and effectively neutralized? Even President Obama made that claim after Osama bin Laden was killed. But they're back, and just as strong, and even smarter than they were. When you kill a person like that, you end up creating more terrorists. A lesson we're trying hard not to learn.

You should learn more about these groups. Read some articles. http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/05/nation/la-na-sovereigns-20130406

Figure out what is going on, and then you will see the wisdom of doing whatever we can to prevent them uniting under a banner.