Blackmailing Families

I was reading this piece on the propaganda of Lenin and learned something I did not know, which is that many of the “Bolshevik” soldiers fought only because the Communists threatened to kill their families if they didn’t.  I know that was why many “Vietcong” fought, and as far as that goes, why may of the NVA who were pointing guns at their heads, and raping and killing their wives and daughters in front of them did so themselves.

We have all seen that scene in a movie–pick damn nearly every third action movie made ever–where the good guy gets the upper hand, but the bad guy gets his family or friend, or whatever, and threatens to kill them if they don’t put down the gun.  In most American movies, they do it, face nearly certain failure, then some “Deus ex machina” plot device allows them to avoid execution.

Here is the thing: in the real world, if you are dealing with people capable of killing your family, they are going to kill them anyway.  Do you think the “Bolshevik” soldiers families fared better because they fought for Lenin?  It seems much more likely to me that in almost all cases the fact that they had to be made to fight counted against them, and many were likely put to death anyway, directly through execution, or likely far more commonly by having their food and provisions taken from them.

I have told my own children that if somebody is pointing a gun to their head, and telling me to put down mine, I am going to shoot anyway.  All that happens when I put down that gun is I get shot anyway, along with the family member I was trying to protect.  Same outcome for them, but worse for me, and they get away with it.

Here is my point: I suspect members of our intelligence community are under VERY strong pressure from Obama and what can with justice be called henchmen; his SS, if you prefer.  There may even be a Himmler somewhere out there in the background.

I think people who were at Benghazi are having their FAMILIES threatened if they speak out.  These men were likely almost all special operations personnel, and not cowardly in the slightest. Neither would they feel any strong loyalty to that mission, or Obama personally.

But when you bring the family in, either by threatening direct violence, or loss of benefits if the service member is killed–which can be easily arranged, and in my view likely was arranged with regard to the large Seal Team Six loss in Afghanistan–that adds a layer of complexity.  Men who might be quite willing to die are unwilling to sacrifice the lives of their loved ones.

If I am right, though, here is the thing: any person or group CAPABLE  of such activity is capable of anything; moreover, the clear intent is fascistic control of government and eventually media and finally every last aspect of our lives.  A deal with the devil is still a deal with the devil.  If they are allowed to win, then all promises are null and void, and no rectification of wrongs will be POSSIBLE.

If we fail as a nation of laws, then there will be no safe place for anyone.  There will be nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.  There will be no one to ask to keep the promise of safety for the family.

Thus, I would ask that if you have personal knowledge of things which are treasonous and are remaining silent because of your family, ask yourself what your families life will look like 10 years from now, given how things are TODAY, and ask if the future is not worth the risk of speaking out.

We all die.  Everyone in your family will die.  But it is worth a LOT to live in freedom.  We still have it, but the trend is not good.