Yeah. I think that a lot of guys get in and it's, at the current time, more of a way for them to show some kind of dominance or to meet some kind of ulterior goals. Hopefully that will change as things become more uncertain. If there's not more coordination then we'll just disintegrate to bands of roving raiders or, in the most noble situations just a smaller local defense force countering raids from people that could have been allies while the NatPols gain control.
I'm all for personal liberty but if that happens we will have no liberty if the NatPols regain control. I get what you mean though. More ambition than knowledge sometimes. I think two things really need to happen. Militias are irregular militias this mean groups who do not see regular kinetic conflict. Most of the leaders I've seen think they're special forces. Chest puffing is awesome but realism saves lives. We need to work up to the special force thing.
The second thing is we need to read up on and learn how to wage effective irregular and asymmetric warfare. Forming regional alliances and running coordinated counter intelligence is the back bone of irregular warfare. one of the reason the VietCong were effective was because a lot of the village leaders and populations in the south were accepting of them. They might have been Buddhist or Catholic but they were Vietnamese first and foremost. That's what made Lawrence of Arabia so effective. He met with local and tribal leaders and pooled resources together with them.
The key to asymmetric warfare is hit and runs sure but it's also force multipliers in the right place. For example using trains and semis to block off sections of town, forming up in effective squads to utilize terrain, placing enough people in the right area at the right time and/or ensuring supply continuity for larger forces by forming hunting parties and economic and diplomatic task forces.
Think about it like this
Irregular- What's the over arching goal(s)? -Regional Stability -Alliances -Proper Training and supply procurement -Intelligence or Counter-Intelligence -Insurgency or counter-insurgency
Asymmetric- How do you actually engage a large force? -Petty Warfare -Hit-and-run -Ambush -Force Multipliers and concentration -Effective squad composition and tactics -Disrupting movement and supply lines
Most of the militias are barely looking at how to run Asymmetric War and not how to run a concurrent irregular warfare strategies. Some might but the vast majority are the quintessential weekend warriors. Don't get me wrong the more people in the militias the better but things will go from weekend warrior fun to hardened demoralized raiding bands quickly in SHTF situations.
What strategies to use depends on the opponent though.
Local Cartels and Criminals and/or Anti-Fa/BLM- They're an insurgent group in addition they most likely can't run any concise counter-intelligence. Also with the exception of actual criminal outfits they will most likely have no support in local governments. Though, some states it might be a good idea to speak with community leaders in black communities if they bring BLM into the fold. Additionally they won't be able to take our guns and supplies with threat of law. This would be an issue with the NatPols though. So that means we run a simple; -Counter insurgent, intelligence operation- Who are their leaders in the area and what are their proclivities? We know most of them are weak willed, drug addicted, fags so we can run smear campaigns. Demonize them more and illustrate our good and righteous cause to the public. It may be a good idea to figure out any local politicians and media types that would support them and get them out of office before any anti-fa steps foot in a red state. I'd even go so far as to frame them for crimes and shit if they can't be moved out of office the legal way.
-Infrastructure Stability- It seems to me that a huge part of the anti-fa strategy is to enforce pro-Chinese global warming environmental policy that hobbles local economies. There has been anti-fa who HAVE been caught trying to destroy energy infrastructure. I think the issue in Florida and the poison found being put in the Texas water supply by computers are Chinese backed Anti-fa ops. We should really try to hire on to the energy sector and ensure it doesn't collapse with repeated infrastructure attacks by using the militia structure. They've been mostly ineffective but if there's a serious push into red states the frequency will increase at the very least. If younger and/or older militia member with energy sector esxperience hire on to the energy sector we can give accurate information to all local militias. Oakville's power plant and Appleton's (Which is 12 miles away) water plant might under assault with in weeks of each other but if we don't install militia and coordinate we wouldn't know until the power goes out and the water smells green.
I've already made this an essay and I didn't want too. I have more strategies. I don't know if I'll share them out of the need to use them in my neck of the woods though. Not that I don't trust you per say. This is the internet after all. You never know who's looking.
Yeah. I think that a lot of guys get in and it's, at the current time, more of a way for them to show some kind of dominance or to meet some kind of ulterior goals. Hopefully that will change as things become more uncertain. If there's not more coordination then we'll just disintegrate to bands of roving raiders or, in the most noble situations just a smaller local defense force countering raids from people that could have been allies while the NatPols gain control.
I'm all for personal liberty but if that happens we will have no liberty if the NatPols regain control. I get what you mean though. More ambition than knowledge sometimes. I think two things really need to happen. Militias are irregular militias this mean groups who do not see regular kinetic conflict. Most of the leaders I've seen think they're special forces. Chest puffing is awesome but realism saves lives. We need to work up to the special force thing.
The second thing is we need to read up on and learn how to wage effective irregular and asymmetric warfare. Forming regional alliances and running coordinated counter intelligence is the back bone of irregular warfare. one of the reason the VietCong were effective was because a lot of the village leaders and populations in the south were accepting of them. They might have been Buddhist or Catholic but they were Vietnamese first and foremost. That's what made Lawrence of Arabia so effective. He met with local and tribal leaders and pooled resources together with them.
The key to asymmetric warfare is hit and runs sure but it's also force multipliers in the right place. For example using trains and semis to block off sections of town, forming up in effective squads to utilize terrain, placing enough people in the right area at the right time and/or ensuring supply continuity for larger forces by forming hunting parties and economic and diplomatic task forces.
Think about it like this
Irregular- What's the over arching goal(s)? -Regional Stability -Alliances -Proper Training and supply procurement -Intelligence or Counter-Intelligence -Insurgency or counter-insurgency
Asymmetric- How do you actually engage a large force? -Petty Warfare -Hit-and-run -Ambush -Force Multipliers and concentration -Effective squad composition and tactics -Disrupting movement and supply lines
Most of the militias are barely looking at how to run Asymmetric War and not how to run a concurrent irregular warfare strategies. Some might but the vast majority are the quintessential weekend warriors. Don't get me wrong the more people in the militias the better but things will go from weekend warrior fun to hardened demoralized raiding bands quickly in SHTF situations.
What strategies to use depends on the opponent though.
Local Cartels and Criminals and/or Anti-Fa/BLM- They're an insurgent group in addition they most likely can't run any concise counter-intelligence. In addition with the exception of actual criminal outfits they will most likely have no support in local governments. Though, some states it might be a good idea to speak with community leaders in black communities if they bring BLM into the fold. Also they won't be able to take our guns and supplies with threat of law. So that means we run a simple; -Counter insurgent, intelligence operation- Who are their leaders in the area and what are their proclivities? We know most of them are weak willed, drug addicted, fags so we can run smear campaigns. Demonize them more and make our cause look good and righteous. It may be a good idea to figure out any local politicians and media types that would support them and get them out of office before any anti-fa steps foot in a red state. I'd even go so far as to frame them for crimes and shit if they can't be moved out of office the legal way.
-Infrastructure Stability- It seems to me that a huge part of the anti-fa strategy is to enforce pro-Chinese global warming environmental policy that hobbles local economies. There has been anti-fa who have been caught trying to destroy energy infrastructure. I think the issue in Florida and the poison found being put in the Texas water supply by computers are Chinese backed Anti-fa ops. We should really try to hire on to the energy sector and ensure it doesn't collapse with repeated infrastructure attacks by using the militia structure. They've been mostly ineffective but if there's a serious pash the frequency will increase at the very least. If younger militia member hire on to the energy sector we can give accurate information to all local militias. Oakville's power plant and Appleton's (Which is 12 miles away) water plant might under assault with in weeks of each other but if we don't install militia and coordinate we wouldn't know until the power goes out.
I've already made this an essay and I didn't mean too. I have more strategies. I don't know if I'll share them out of the need to use them in my neck of the woods.