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10329 Re: This is how the US military would put down an armed rebellion
   [b]In their paper, retired Army colonel and University of Foreign Mili... 		ribit   POPE IV   14 Aug 2016
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10321 Re: This is how the US military would put down an armed rebellion
   micro1 ...any armed insurrection would be fought by ex military types... 		ribit   POPE IV   14 Aug 2016
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   Armed insurrection in the 'conventional' sense would accomplish nothi... 		Zimbler0   POPE IV   14 Aug 2016
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This is how the US military would put down an armed rebellion

By: micro1 in POPE IV
Sat, 13 Aug 16 12:09 PM
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What if the “2nd amendment people” Donald Trump mentioned recently during a campaign rally were actually able to spark an armed rebellion to overthrow the United States?

In a 2012 article for the Small Wars Journal, two academics took a stab at such a scenario and tried to figure out how state and federal authorities would likely respond to a small force taking over an American town.

In their paper, retired Army colonel and University of Foreign Military and Cultural Studies professor Kevin Benson and Kansas University history professor Jennifer Weber wargamed a scenario where a Tea Party-motivated militia took over the town of Darlington, South Carolina.

The circumstances may seem far-fetched, but in today’s deeply partisan political environment, it’s at least worth looking into how the feds would respond if an American town tried to go it alone.

Precedents for fighting an insurrection
--rest at http://www.businessinsider.com/us-military-armed-rebellion-2016-8