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Obama Orders 1 M Troops to prep for Civil War - Euro Union Times?
2009-12-14
Russian Military Analysts are reporting to Prime Minister Putin that US President Barack Obama has issued orders 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 about how best to manage the expected implosion of his Nations 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".

And to Obama's "last ditch gambit", these reports continue, he is to announce in a nationwide address to his people this coming week that he is going to expand the level of US Military Forces in Afghanistan by tens of thousands of troops, while at the same time using the deployment of these soldiers as a "cover" for returning to the United States over 200,000 additional American soldiers from the over 800 bases in over 39 countries they have stationed around the Globe bringing the level of these forces in America to over 1 million, a number the US Military believes will be able to contain the "explosion of violence" expected to roil these peoples when they learn their economy has been bankrupted.

These reports further state that at the same time Obama will be attempting to keep his Nation from violent disintegration, the tens of thousands of additional troops he will send to Afghanistan are to be ordered to Kandahar where the Americans and their NATO allies will begin their final attempt to secure their TAPI (Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India) pipeline, which without the Western Nations, due to their grave lack of alternative energy resources, and being cut off from these vast Central Asian supplies (which both Russia and China are seeking to insure), are warned will totally collapse.

Making the American's (and by extension the West's) situation even worse are new reports coming from the International Energy Agency stating that "under pressure" from the US government they have been "deliberately underplaying" a looming Global oil shortage for fear of triggering panic buying and raising the Americans fear over the end of oil supremacy because it would threaten their power over access to our World's last remaining oil resources.
Balance at the link. Pinch of salt required.
Posted by:Besoeker

#19  Wow, how did they ever scoop Pravda on this?
Posted by: whitecollar redneck   2009-12-14 22:27  

#18  TOPIX > REPORT: ISLAMIC TERROR RISING AS AL QAEDA FADES. Many Islamist Milit-Terrs Gruppes are acting unilaterally or locally to accomplish their Group-specific agendums.

SAME > THE ALLEGED GROWING DOMESTIC MUSLIM THREAT. Many International Muslims are angry at US-NATO mil presence in Muslim nations, thus are eager to join Milit-Ter Groups including for suicide attacks. ARTIC NUTSHELL > IIUC THE LONGER ARMED US TROOPS STAY OVERSEAS IN MUSLIM LANDS, THE GREATER THE RISK OR PROBABILITY OF TERROR STRIKES BEING LAUNCHED INSIDE AMERICA.

Muslim Amers agz Americans???

* SAME > YEARENDER: ARMED MAOIST INSURGENCY SPREADING ACROSS INDIA; + THE "PAKISTAN" OF CHHATTISGARH [inside India]LEAVES ANTI-NAXAL FORCES PUZZLED.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2009-12-14 20:34  

#17  [Proverbial "Left Field" here].

* ION WMF > "CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR" US MEDIA: AL-QAEDA ["Base" Group] TO BEGIN ENTERING THE USA FOR TERROR OPERATIONS. MUSLIM AMERICANS TO BE INCREASING RECRUITED ON-LINE.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2009-12-14 19:50  

#16  So. How many of these 1 million troops would actually side with a rotten and arguably illegitimate Federal Government, in the face of several million heavily armed and pissed off U.S. citizens? 10%, 20%?

I think if Civil War were to breakout, D.C. would go down faster than they could whistle Dixie. I can't say for sure, but I bet that there have been several BCD talks among certain Governors about just what would trigger a secession, and then how to use their collective National Guard troops to the greatest benefit. Just sayin'.
Posted by: Jolung Henbane8454   2009-12-14 18:26  

#15  "Some creditor nations might even try to delay their return, until their loans had been repaid."

Brings Xenophon and the 10,000 to mind. It was their march home through the rotting Persian Empire that turned Greek eyes toward the conquest of the East.
Posted by: Helmuth, Speaking for Glolutle8025   2009-12-14 16:59  

#14  Well, it's not really aimed at the "euromasses", brwosning the articles archives, you can't miss it's a red-brown website, with a thing for jews (hey, they covered the 25000 ukrainian kiddies stuff) and the NWO/bankers meme. Comments follow suit. It's a bit like reading Jeff Rense, really.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2009-12-14 16:14  

#13  Just remember as you read this horse manure that a fair portion of the Euro-masses will take it at face value, that benighted continent having exported many its best genes westward or to the antipodes in former times or slaughtered them in various wars in more recent days.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2009-12-14 15:33  

#12  A million men, in just over a month?

Yeah, that'll happen.

US active military, all services: 1.3 million (2008)
Posted by: mojo   2009-12-14 15:10  

#11  Does the US even have one million active Army troops anymore?
Posted by: Jeager Panda5130   2009-12-14 15:06  

#10  While Obama may fail and drag America down a little, we will never fail.

An utter failure by Obama from this point forward would, indeed, damage America a bit; a successful Obama, on the other hand, could destroy it. That's a feature not a bug in the eyes of The One and his ilk.
Posted by: AzCat   2009-12-14 14:49  

#9  Nobody's overthrowing sh&*. Just try it libtards.
Posted by: Jolumble Henbane2334   2009-12-14 13:36  

#8  I'm pretty sure the vodka consumption has increased here also since Obama became Czar
Posted by: chris   2009-12-14 13:28  

#7  I see the Russians haven't given up the vodka - in fact, I'd say they've doubled down.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2009-12-14 13:18  

#6  I'm glad to see the Ruskies are drinking from the same well as zero. Once the intel is peeled back, bringing troops home, oil and bank failures, etc... They look at it from their jaded glasses that America is weak and will fall apart. While Obama may fail and drag America down a little, we will never fail.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2009-12-14 13:05  

#5  OTOH OBumble and the Donks have been acting as if they have nothing to worry about come '10.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2009-12-14 12:55  

#4  Overthrowing the country is only cool when the groovy leftist kids do it.
Posted by: SteveS   2009-12-14 12:53  

#3  I can see similar events but for totally different reasons and outcomes. To start with, the recall of most US forces except in a few critical places would *have* to be done if the US and/or international economy collapsed. In fact, it *should* have begun, with little fanfare, over a year ago.

That is, most of our military personnel move by commercial transport. But if the dollar collapses, they would be stranded all over the world. Some creditor nations might even try to delay their return, until their loans had been repaid.

As far as oil goes, the collapsing economies would also dry up the international oil trade, but the US would not be in terrible shape.

To start with, there is a lot of oil "in the system", and the strategic petroleum reserve would start pumping into the system immediately, though it cannot pump a lot, this would slow down the eventual running out.

At the same time, there are a bunch of idle wells that would come on line, and the oil companies would begin extensive drilling. The utility companies would switch to natural gas in parts of the country that could, freeing up oil for the parts without natural gas.

While the Democrats might think they would be happy to see $5/gal gas, when that happens the public will scare the heck out of them, so any nonsense about not drilling will be quickly forgotten.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2009-12-14 12:43  

#2  Appears the origin of the article is here and here. Interesting I suppose, but I'm not sure how credible it is.

Posted by: Besoeker   2009-12-14 12:04  

#1  The European Times? Is that like the Onion? Or is it supposed to be more like Pravda?
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2009-12-14 11:50  

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