By Chuck Baldwin (Ran for President in the 08 election cycle) December 11, 2009 This column is archived at Is Obama Really Preparing For Civil War? According to an obscure report in the European Union Times (EUTimes.net), "Russian Military Analysts are reporting to Prime Minister Putin that US President Barack Obama has issued an order to his Northern Command's (USNORTHCOM) top leader, US Air Force General Gene Renuart, to 'begin immediately' increasing his military forces to 1 million troops by January 30, 2010, in what these reports warn is an expected outbreak of civil war within the United States before the end of winter. "According to these reports, Obama has had over these past weeks 'numerous' meetings with his war council abut how best to manage the expected implosion of his Nation's banking system while at the same time attempting to keep the United States military hegemony over the World in what Russian Military Analysts state is a 'last ditch gambit' whose success is 'far from certain.'" The EU Times article continues by saying, "To the fears of Obama over the United States erupting into civil war once the full extent of the rape and pillaging of these peoples by their banks and government becomes known to them, grim evidence now shows the likelihood of this occurring much sooner than later." The Times story goes on to say that there are "over 220 million American people armed to the teeth and ready to explode." The Times article concludes by saying, "Though the coming civil war in the United States is being virtually ignored by their propaganda media, the same cannot be said of Russia, where leading Russian political analyst, Professor Igor Panarin has long warned that the economic turmoil in the United States has confirmed his long-held view that the US is heading for collapse." Many of us would be inclined to pooh-pooh such a story, but then there is this column from Bloomberg.com entitled "Arming Goldman With Pistols Against Public," written by Alice Schroeder. According to Ms Schroeder: "'I just wrote my first reference for a gun permit,' said a friend, who told me of swearing to the good character of a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker who applied to the local police for a permit to buy a pistol. The banker had told this friend of mine that senior Goldman people have loaded up on firearms and are now equipped to defend themselves if there is a populist uprising against the bank." There is no doubt that the American people have good reason to despise these international banksters epitomized by Goldman Sachs. Even one of Goldman's poster-boys, Henry Paulson, US Treasury secretary and former Goldman CEO, admitted that the American people were fed up. Schroeder quotes Paulson as saying, during testimony to Congress last summer, "[People] were unhappy with the big discrepancies in wealth, but they at least believed in the system and in some form of market-driven capitalism. But if we had a complete meltdown, it could lead to people questioning the basis of the system." Schroeder correctly opines, "There you have it. The bailout was meant to keep the curtain drawn on the way the rich make money, not from the free market, but from the lack of one. Goldman Sachs blew its cover when the firm's revenue from trading reached a record $27 billion in the first nine months of this year, and a public that was writhing in financial agony caught on that the profits earned on taxpayer capital were going to pay employee bonuses." Schroeder concludes her column by saying, "And if the proles [proletariat: plebs, working class, peasants] really do appear brandishing pitchforks at the doors of Park Avenue and the gates of Round Hill Road, you can be sure that the Goldman guys and their families will be holed up in their safe rooms with their firearms." So, do Wall Street and Russian analysts know something that we don't know? Is this why George W. Bush initiated USNORTHCOM to begin with? Is this why Barack Obama is beefing up USNORTHCOM? This would help explain the reports of all those potential detention camps that have been constructed (including the abandoned military installations that have refurbished security fences, guard towers, etc., around them). Has the American people's disgust with these crooks and thieves within the federal government and Wall Street reached a boiling point? There is no question that people are angry, and for good reason. The fraudulent financial policies of the Federal Reserve and its lackeys in the White House and Congress have literally bankrupted the country. Real unemployment is most likely over 20%. Taxes (along with costly fees, regulations, restrictions, penalties, mandates, etc.) at every level are going through the ceiling. America's jobs have been outsourced. Barack Obama continues G.W. Bush's irresponsibility, digging America deeper and deeper into foreign entanglements, at the cost of trillions of dollars and thousands of lives. The IRS continues to harass and harangue honest citizens, squeezing them like the proverbial turnip. And now, add the insanity of a global climate treaty being hammered out in Copenhagen, and a universal health care bill being rammed through Congress, and the outlook is even gloomier. I feel very comfortable in saying that the usurpations of power, the encroachments upon liberty, and the arrogant tax-and-spend policies emanating from Washington, D.C., and Wall Street these days are far more egregious than what George Washington and the boys were enduring in 1775-76 at the hands of the British Crown. There is no doubt in my mind that if Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, and Sam Adams were alive today, they would have given cause for the Goldman Sachs banksters to retreat to their bunkers years ago! The fact is, we do need a revolution! But not a revolution of anarchy and pitchforks. (The history of France should be ample evidence of the futility of this strategy.) We need a revolution of the individual states: to reclaim their sovereignty and fight for the liberties of their sovereigns (We the People). That is exactly what our forefathers did in '76. America's founding document (the Declaration of Independence) declares that our states are "free and independent." And so they are. We are not "one nation" with one all-powerful central government. We are a confederation of nation-states, united in a voluntary union, with each State reserving to itself the power and authority of self-determination, and ceding to the federal government limited, specifically delineated duties and limitations--limitations that have been totally ignored to the point that, for all intents and purposes, our once-great constitutional republic has been thoroughly expunged. Therefore, it is NOW time for the states to stand up to this meddlesome, every-growing tyranny that is known as Washington, D.C., and defend the rights and liberties of their citizens! What Dr. Ed Vieira (an attorney with 4 earned degrees from Harvard, who has successfully argued cases before the US Supreme Court) wrote a few weeks ago should serve as a template for every State governor and legislature that truly cares about liberty. See Ed's column at: Edwin Vieira, Jr. -- Tea Parties Need Teeth As Vieira says, the states should resurrect their militias. Many--if not all--states have the legal authority for such entities in their constitutions. In some states they are called the State Guard. Some plainly use the word "militia." Whatever they are called, they need to be activated. And all that is necessary for this to be accomplished is the order of the governor. It's that simple! And as Vieira said, states need to adopt an alternative currency--including, and most especially, gold and silver. In other words, they need to develop their own private economies, complete with their own banks and exchange mediums. They also need to reject the multinational agribusiness and develop their own in-State agricultural and energy businesses. I would dare say that the first State that determines to follow Vieira's sagacious counsel (and rumblings of this have already begun in states such as Alaska, Oklahoma, Texas, Montana, New Hampshire, Indiana, Tennessee, South Carolina, etc.) would have so many liberty-loving patriots flock there that its economy would explode with prosperity--resulting in a domino effect of many other states following suit--and the revolution that this country so desperately needs would indeed take place. Furthermore, such a revolution would be constitutional, lawful, moral, and, yes, in compliance with the laws of Nature and of Nature's God. In the meantime, is Barack Obama really worried about civil war? He might be. It is my observation that Washington politicians and bureaucrats are the most paranoid people on the planet. The problem is--as with most power-hungry Machiavellians--their paranoia often translates into more oppression and less liberty for the citizenry. And if this is true, it simply means that the states need to hurry up and do what needs to be done!
Wow, this is odd. Before the end of winter? That seems really soon. So who are the two sides to the war? The article sort of suggests it will be a populist revolt of pissed off Americans versus the bankers. I know which side I'm on... if it comes down to that...
actually, now that I looked into his source a little more... the claims look like... crap, at best. I mean, they, the "EU Times" link to popular White Supremacist forum stormfront.org on the side of their articles. They also link to American Renaissance, who are shills for more white supremacist bullshit. Not exactly the height of credibility. I don't think the Washington Post or the New York Times will be featuring links to racial supremacist forums next to their articles anytime soon. also, they display this banner, although smaller, on their website, on behalf of 911missinglinks.com Errr... that doesn't bode well. I have say I don't think.... "the Jews"... were behind the attack on the World Trade Center.
No. And it would probably be better if people didn't create thread after thread of pure copy-pastes from insane sources.
The info can be better understood by knowing who Gerald Celente is and how his amazingly accurate 'forecasts' have been. You can disagree with Dr. Baldwin but... I really don't care. But you can never say you weren't told in advance. The fact is- prepare now or suffer. When you look at everything, the signs of the times, you can see all hell breaking loose. Those who object and deny- so what! Obeject! Deny! The sooner people suffer the consiquence of their own conduct the better. You burnt your own butt - now sit on the blister. For those who see the probability of this taking place- prepare now. We are/have been telling our Governer to do all that was listed in the article. He is listening and sent to the fed gov the Articles of Supremacy/Sovereignty early last year. That was step one for our State. The focus should not be on whether or not you believe (a form of civil war) taking place- hope for the best but prepare for the worst. The above directives to our individule States should be done by all in light of what those in Washington DCt and the Banks have done to us, as a people. All fiat currencies collapse and ours has been in the death throws for over 10 years.
Ya... it would be better if we posted ignorant opinions; like Obama is the best President every! And the Fed fiat currenciy is the best thing to ever happen on the face of the earth. Or it's all everybody elses fault! Change the thread all you want but when the time comes you will learn that you and only you fooled your self- fooled your self into believeing that USNorthCom was never real and the Prosperity and Security agreements never happend and Homeland Security is a 'friend of decent Americans'. and the list goes on! No. Don't post facts. Post ignorant opinions of idiots. That would be better. Knowledge = Freedom on that's the only vaccine for idiocy.
His source is a poorly designed blog which is filled with anti-Jewish, pro-"White", bullshit. I wonder if Baldwin spends a lot of time reading such wonderfully delightful and credible stories such as "Parasitic Jewish 'European' organization says equating Stalinism, Bolshevism and Communism with Nazism unacceptable"or the tasteful article "Second White Version of YouTube is out: 88Tube", which tells us that Google is owned by "the Jews". Good stuff. Yeah, yeah. Totally credible. The Jews are Communist by nature, and they're out to get white people. So I tend not to listen to people who use White Supremacist bullshit as their source. To each his own, though. 10 bucks says you will now call me a sheep
yeah this was originally written by Sorcha Faal. Her website is filled with half truth hoaxes I wouldn't be surprised if troops were training for a domestic "Threat" from the American people. Obama gave a little hint at what he considers issues in todays world. sounds like he was describing a Future U.S. in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech. It never hurts to be prepared and I'm slowly getting myself prepared for a SHTF scenario. Hell half of my gear is leftovers from the failed Soviet war in Afghanistan. I don't see us escaping from that graveyard of empires in one piece either.
I'm not. 600,000 died in the last US civil war. And that was back when the total US population was a ~31 million. Today the US population is nearly 306 million. You do the math.
Wait, what sort of legalization are you talking about? Legalization on a federal level isn't even on the radar. So, it'd be hard to "set back." This. I'm down for a civil war as long as it's against those dirty little bankers and everyone in power in Washington.