Time: Tue Dec 16 05:34:46 1997 To: From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Special Forces Underground "Resister" Speaks Out (fwd) Cc: Bcc: sls, friends, liberty lists, 3cc, psc References: <snip> > > Division In The Ranks? > Special Forces Underground "Resister" Speaks Out > > by Vincent H. Miller > > >ABC News last year interviewed a number of shocked Green Berets >regarding training they had >been given to prepare them for 1996 gun seizure raids. > >In the face of the spectre of disarmament of the American public by >military force, the big question >now is whether military personnel would fire on American citizens who >resisted. In a survey >circulated within the military last year, it was found that only 20% >would follow orders to fire on >Americans during gun seizure raids. On radio talk shows, military >officers stated outright that they >would be much more inclined to fire on superiors who gave such an order. > >The big question is how much a criminal Congress can count on the >military to do its dirty work for >them. During the past year there have been indications that military >personnel are not thrilled. Some >insiders have gone so far as to divert heavy military materiel into the >hands of citizen militias. There >are other signs of flies in the ointment for Washington's power brokers. > > Enter the Special Forces Underground > >The latest development regarding a division in the ranks comes from >within the U.S. Army's elite >Special Forces Units. A group of soldiers called "The Special Forces >Underground" has been >publishing a radical newsletter called The Resister. With a >revolutionary war "Don't Tread On Me" >coiled rattlesnake symbol on its masthead, The Resister has inveighed >against Joint Task Force 6, >which employs the US military as combattants in the ill-fated war on >drugs. They have also warned >of government plots to use the Army in gun-confiscation raids. > >The big surprise comes upon examining The Resister's principles and its >views on US foreign >policy. Here there are buzz words and phrases that hint strongly of >libertarian/Objectivist influence. > >Indeed, in a description of their philosophy which appeared in its first >issue in the summer of 1994, >The Resister said it favored: "strict constitutionalism, isolationism, >laissez-faire capitalism, individual >rights, limited government and republicanism," and opposed "statism, >liberalism, tribalism, socialism, >collectivism, internationalism, democracy, altruism, pull politics and >the New World Order." > >Soldiers publishing The Resister are highly critical of U.S. >peacekeeping efforts. In a past issue of >The Resister they editorialized: "The U.S. military has become a slave >service for the wealth >redistribution schemes of internationalists and gangs of weeping >do-gooder mystics. One need >simply note the circling of media carrion-eaters to predict in which >Third World toilet these altruists >will flush hundreds of millions of U.S. tax dollars and the lives of >U.S. servicemen. Peacekeeping is >a monumental fraud." > >The Resister vehemently opposed U.S. military involvement in Haiti, and >claimed that its adherents >among Green Berets sent to Haiti were subverting U.S. policy by telling >supporters of the ousted >military junta how to hide their weapons and themselves. They also >reportedly identified supporters >of the restored (communist) President Jean-Bertrand Aristide for future >retribution. > >Needless to say the government is more than just a little concerned by >this apparent revolt in the >ranks. A researcher who has been tracking the group lamented: "This is >very dangerous. These are >individuals trained in insurgency warfare and they are the best in the >world. They have access to >weaponry. If they become more involved with underground paramilitary >extremists this is a very bad >sign." (emphasis ours) > >On a CBS News "60 Minutes" show last year two Green Beret Resister >editors appeared. With >their faces hidden in shadows and their voices altered to disguise their >true identities, they fielded >questions from reporter Steve Kroft. After the broadcast, Army special >operations technicians >worked feverishly to "demask" the altered voices by repeated computer >analysis and processing. >This was defeated by "white noise" and other precautionary electronic >countermeasures (we are, >after all, dealing with professionals here). One humorous question posed >by Kroft was: "The >commander says you don't exist." The answer? "Excellent!" > >The Army, its nose severely out of joint, has called on none other than >Command Sergeant Major >William H. Rambo Jr. to conduct an investigation to ferret out this >blatant exhibition of >non-political-correctness. > >This task has not proved to be an easy one as The Register staff has >exhibited an uncanny ability to >avoid detection. According to the February 1996 issue of Soldier of >Fortune magazine they have >done so by "using the same tradecraft and counterinsurgency skills to >avoid detection that they were >taught as covert operators by the Army and the Central Intelligence >Agency." > >However in order to save face, Army brass has been engaged in an >intensive witch hunt, rounding >up suspects (any suspect/victim) and making examples of them. > >Curiously, the publication of The Resister is not illegal - so long as >it is not publishing on government >time or with government equipment and materials. It reportedly satisfies >these requirements. So >what's the problem? > >In a recent interview a SOF journalist observed: "Some Army spokesmen, >and some people on >Capitol Hill, have described The Resister as an extremist (there's that >word again) publication. > >The reply from The Register editor was: "What they mean is that The >Resister is anti-socialist, >anti-Communist, and anti-United Nations." > <snip>
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