Ohio National Guard Training Envisions Right-Wing Terrorism

http://mediatrackers.org/ohio/2014/02/10/ohio-national-guard-training-envisions-right-wing-terrorism

Documents from an Ohio National Guard (ONG) training drill conducted last January reveal the details of a mock disaster where Second Amendment supporters with “anti-government” opinions were portrayed as domestic terrorists.

The ONG 52nd Civil Support Team training scenario involved a plot from local school district employees to use biological weapons in order to advance their beliefs about “protecting Gun Rights and Second Amendment rights.”

Portsmouth Chief of Police Bill Raisin told NBC 3 WSAZ-TV in Huntington, West Virginia that the drill accurately represented “the reality of the world we live in,” adding that such training “helps us all be prepared.”

This is where I lived for the past 25 years. I lived just across the river most of my life beyond that 25 year period. It's nice to know they're scared of us I guess. But anyone using mustard gas on kids is a monster. I've never heard anyone suggest such a foul and loathsome thing. But apparently they figure that's what people who support the 2nd are really like. What a country. Yeah we're going to poison kids because a black president was elected. This has Obama's stamp all over it.

Anyone who thinks there are no reasons to own firearms should read this. Who's next on the list of "potential terrorists" to be attacked by government forces? That's why we have the 2nd amendment and it certainly isn't the supporters of the constitution and limited government who are driving a potential confrontation. I've never heard anyone suggest such heinous actions be taking as gassing young children. Do they hate us that much?

We are at war with Oceania

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30 years later than expected apparently.

Actually the ONG had a similar training exercise involving left wing terrorists (which actually exist in the form of ALF, ELF, etc.). That took place in Athens, Ohio not more than 90 minutes from Portsmouth. They had to apologize the next day for portraying US citizens as potential terrorists the next day. This story originally broke in Jan. on WSAZ and no apology is coming. I wrote the governor asking about one today. He's a Republican BTW. The original story is here:

http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/Mock-Disaster-Training-Exercise-in-Scioto-County-187322931.html

Portsmouth is a hot bed of pro gun politics. I'm not surprised they picked it as the location for a demonstration of the potential threat of the NG. I've said it many times. People from that area are about as pro gun as it gets. I lived just across the river from Portsmouth for about 15 years. I lived just up the river from there for another 25 years. Those are my friends and family they are directly threatening. It's sick. Maybe those who doubted my reports of BATF agents in the area might re-think their positions now. The feds know what we think and they do not like us. It's blatant intimidation IMO.

BTW the previous episode where right wing extremists were portrayed as potential terrorists by the NG was in the areas of the country where the milita movement has been very strong and there has been actual terrorism by members of those groups (Oklahoma City for example). But their primary focus was the events of Waco and Ruby Ridge. There have been no acts of terrorism by 2nd supporters that I've heard of. It's just Obama's way of trying to intimidate people IMO. It won't work. Those people will only dig in their heels over this. Maybe he's pushing them to act. I don't know. That's politics and probably has no place here. But this is a serious threat to our culture and civilization IMO. Portsmouth is the home of several world class shooters and a very strong gun culture. The flea markets and "trade days" events in the area all have lots of guns for sale without background checks. Maybe the NSA has figured out that people in the area are extremely pro gun. There's a reason for that too BTW. As I've said before the area around the city is very rural with much of it being part of a national forest. Wildlife is abundant there in potentially dangerous forms (bear, coyotes, mountain lions, bobcats and feral dogs) and there are drug gangs, meth cooks, and pot farmers all over the area. Breaking into houses is a staple of the economy. People are not going to want to give up their protection against such things.

there aren't articles saying we are training how to extract people out of stranded vehicles.

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You're right. I don't think anyone blames the guard for this. It's some politician calling the shots. That's who ultimately runs things for the NG. We all appreciate the great things the guard does. I sure as heck do. I'm guessing most of them hate this training as much as I do though. There's just no reason for them to think it's going to happen. I can understand training for the militia movement types who have already proven they can be extremely violent but even those groups are painted with the same brush when they shouldn't be. McViegh and friends were nut cases who believe all sorts of idiotic stuff. We support the constitution - big difference.

these outrageous scenarios are focused on the very vocal minority who do (sadly) espouse such scenarios

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You're talking about the NRA's position on the issues when you talk about "my cold dead hands". I don't think that's such a small minority. The people I know who don't support staunch defense of our rights are generally afraid to take that stand.

I hate the idea of an armed revolt. No one wins in war. But you can certainly lose big time. If they take away our method to resist we become sheep for the slaughter unfortunately. History has shown us clearly that those that surrender their means of defense end up wishing they hadn't done it. Sometimes it becomes incredibly bad. I'm not saying that will happen in the US because I think those that speak up are doing a pretty good job of keeping our rights in most places and even expanding them in many areas. Yes some states have pushed much further than the constitutional guarantees. But our political system is dealing with those who pushed those laws at least in some states.

The political battle is far from over and I'm not about to be intimidated by a political move like the one in Portsmouth. My guess is a great number of those NG troops would be on our side if push came to shove. Even the Russians refused to fire on their own people when the Soviet Union fell. I know there are isolated examples of the NG firing on citizens but they were pretty much the work of panic and under trained troops. No one gave an order to fire at Kent St. Some idiot just lost his head and some others lost their lives. Both sides were pushing very hard at that time. That time was much worse than now when it came to division. You had lots of people openly calling for revolution. I don't see much of that now. They were burning down buildings on college property all over the country. That is an act of war and the radical left was doing it. And some paid with their lives over it. When it happened it sickened people on both sides so much that relations got much less contentious. We saw flowers being stuck in the end of gun barrels at the Pentagon demonstration after that. Both sides had backed down.

I'd get in to what I think our greatest problems of division are but this is the wrong board for that. I just don't think we'll end up shooting at each other over this. The Civil War was about so very much more. It was two different cultures fighting over control. We don't see that now. Not really. And some cheap grandstanding by the government isn't likely to change things. People already think the government is way out of control and they aren't surprised by a move like this. It will take a lot more to cause any real "blood in the streets" type problems.