http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=41640
"The Perfect Day" and Our Terrorist Opponent's Possible Plans For Future
Attacks
by LTC (RET) Dave Grossman
02/08/2011
I have been told (by those conducting interviews with captured enemy
combatants) that when we ask them "What is coming next?" they sometimes
refer to the "Perfect Day." You cannot understand what they are talking
about if you do not understand the historical reference.
The Sepoy Mutiny in India, in 1857, is an example of a "Perfect Day." This
was a spontaneous uprising by Muslims (and Hindus), with everyone giving the
British their "best shot." Nannies killed the kids, cooks poisoned the
food, and shop owners murdered the British ladies as they came into the
shop. And soldiers (sometimes complete units) killed their British officers
and then used their weapons to attack the British.
The current politically correct term for the Sepoy Mutiny is "The First
Indian rebellion." (You can look it up on Wikipedia, where the event has
been completely PC filtered and revised.)
"The First Indian rebellion" is, to them, George Washington, Abe Lincoln,
and the Alamo all rolled into one. And 99% of Westerners have never heard
about it.
In their dreams and fond imaginations, this is what will happen across all
of the "Crusader nations" who are in Afghanistan. Pick a day, and everyone
gives it their best shot. If just one-in-a-thousand of the Islamic people
in our nations answer the call to Jihad, it will still be thousands of
attackers ... Some will opt for a "John Mohamed/Malvo" whacking people from
the trunks of cars. Others for a Virginia Tech lone gunman in the school.
Others will attack school busses, nannies will kill the kids, clerks will
kill customers, cooks (in the elementary school?) will poison the cool-aid.
Etc, etc.
The enemy thinks big, and we (with wishful thinking compounded by ignorance
of their history) keep thinking small. The goal of this Perfect Day (in
addition to terror) is to make us imprison (intern) our Islamic populations
(as we did to the Japanese in WWII), thus making this a 'war against Islam'
instead of the current war against terrorist groups and Islamist
fundamentalists.
The idea of the "perfect day" goes way back in their culture. Look at the
"Book of Esther" in the Bible. It takes place in Iran (ancient Persia)
where the Jews are in captivity. Haman gets permission to kill all the Jews
on a certain day. The whole book is about how they turned that around and
killed all of Haman's people on that day.
This is their dream. Our goal is to prevent it through thru: careful study
and understanding of their history and culture; assimilation (the French are
an excellent example if what not to do in this area); and - most importantly
- deterrence and detection, which is what I teach in my classes.
The enemy can be deterred! They fear one thing. They fear failure! They
are not afraid to die: some of them want to die. But they desperately do
not want to die for nothing! And our goal is to win a battle in the minds
of millions of Islamic people in our nation, who are asking the key
question: Can I succeed? Can I get a body count?
The key question we should ask is, "Why don't they do this to Israel?" And
the answer is that the terrorists would love to! But, Israel is an armed
society. The terrorist is largely deterred from this action by Israel's
level of preparation. Until we reach the level of armed citizenry
represented by Israel (and the sooner the better!) we are very vulnerable to
this kind of attack.
In particular, we can see that states like Illinois, and Wisconsin (the only
two states with absolutely no concealed carry for anyone, anyhow, ever), or
California, Massachusetts, and others (with very stringent and limited
concealed carry laws) are the most likely targets for this kind of attack.
The time may come when (like Israel) we need armed riders on every school
bus and armed guards in every school and ever daycare center. And the only
way that we can do so is (like Israel) to depend on armed citizens and armed
teachers to protect their children.
The millions of Americans who are buying guns are not foolish. I would
submit that they are doing the one thing that individual citizens can do,
and that is to arm themselves. This is America. When faced with a threat
we don't take away rights, we give you more rights! But with rights come
responsibilities. We give you the right to purchase and carry weapons, and
you have the responsibility to train with these weapons!
So, let me conclude with a series of quotes from leaders who have been in
similar circumstances.
"Cogito, ergo armatum sum: I think, therefore I am armed."
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Our forefathers knew that it is not enough to just have a weapon, it is also
vital to be trained in the proper use of that weapon. In 1349, King Edward
III of England told the citizens of London that their "skill of shooting"
was being neglected, and he proclaimed that "every one of the said city,
strong in body, at leisure times on holidays, use in their recreation bow
and arrows, or pellets or bolts, and learn and exercise the art of shooting
... that they do not, after any manner apply themselves to the throwing of
... handball, football, cambuck, or cockfighting, nor suchlike vain plays
which have nor profit in them."
-John Farnam
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In 1457, King James II of Scotland banned the game of golf from the hills on
which it was created. He argued that golf was a danger to national security
as it distracted his soldiers from practicing their archery.
His grandson, James IV, a keen golfer, lifted the ban in 1502. Eleven years
later, in the battle of Flodden against the English, Scotland suffered its
worst ever military defeat.
-Wall Street Journal, 18 Aug '09
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In 1636 a frustrated General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
unanimously passed an ordinance that said: "Whereas many complaints have
been made to this Court, of the greatest neglect of all sorts of people of
using the lawful and necessary means for their safety, especially in this
time of so great danger from Indians, it is therefore ordered that no person
shall travel above one mile from his dwelling without arms; upon pain of
twelvepence for every default."
Being unarmed was considered negligent! Self protection was not just a
personal responsibility, it was a duty to the community! And for over a
century after the danger from hostile Indians was eliminated, there was no
suggestion that this ordinance be repealed. A century and a half later,
those people were the leaders of the armed rebellion that created the United
States!
-John Farnam
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A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercise, I
advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives
boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind.
Games played with the ball and others of that nature are too violent for the
body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the
constant companion of your walks.
-Thomas Jefferson to his nephew Peter Carr, August 19, 1785
"Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not."
~Thomas Jefferson
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Teddy Roosevelt said, while he was President, that: "We should establish
shooting galleries in all the large public and military schools, should
maintain national target ranges in different parts of the country, and
should in every way encourage the formation of [shooting] clubs throughout
all parts of the land... It is unfortunately true that the great body of our
citizens shoot less and less as time goes on. To meet this [challenge] we
should encourage ... practice ... by every means in our power. Thus, and
not otherwise, may we be able to assist in preserving the peace of the
world. Fit to hold our own against the strong nations of the earth, our
voice for peace will carry to the ends of the earth. Unprepared and
therefore unfit, we must sit dumb and helpless to defend ourselves, protect
others, or preserve peace. The first step -- ... to avert war if possible,
and to be fit for war if it should come -- is to teach our men to shoot."
****
To a warrior, the golf course is a willful and deliberate misuse of a
perfectly good rifle range!
-Jeff Cooper
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Today we need a nation of minute men; citizens who are not only prepared to
take up arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as a basic
purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and
sacrifice for that freedom. The cause of liberty, the cause of American,
cannot succeed with any lesser effort
-John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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Piss on golf! Real Americans go to the range!
-Dave Grossman
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