attack timeline

ATTACK TIMELINE


Your average survivalist/prepper probably has no intention of being evil or in general a nasty person. They probably view themselves as a Libertarian Daniel Boone, both respectful of others property rights and ruggedly independent ( and able to rassle bears ). They chortle at others naivety, making jokes about De Nile being more than a river. But they themselves are innocent of reality if they forget about the unpleasant time period between social orders. Man is a predator. But he is a pack predator. Those outside his pack are prey. Only other humans in his tribe/pack are treated with decency. Outside the pack, you are prey or you are too strong to attack. In times of social upheaval when the pack structure has broken down, old friends might become enemies as old enemies become friends. It is a time to jockey for primacy. If you want to survive you must be willing to let your social mores be suspended until the new pack order is figured out. Or, to put it simply, outside your small survival group, you must be willing to treat everyone as the enemy and be willing to kill them.

*

In times of stability, the threat of violence is usually sufficient to keep the peace. Without the threat there is warfare. Warfare is needed at times to either back up the threat or used as a survival tool. The old, “walk softly and carry a big stick”. You must have the ability and the willingness to attack to have peace. This is all rather obvious, but we have had such long periods of domestic peace that most people assume peace is the norm and base all their assumptions on it. For instance, they assume the defense is all they are morally allowed in times of collapse. But you must be willing to go on the offensive if you wish to survive during the die-off. This is part of your defense. You don’t wait for hostile forces to surround your retreat, you seek them out and destroy them first. So how do you tell the good guys from the bad? If they are in your territory, they are bad guys. It is as simple as that. It doesn’t matter if they are decent, church going, upright folks. If they are going to be in direct competition with you in the future for resources, they will eventually be your enemy. If they can’t be assimilated they must be eliminated.

*

I can already hear a chorus of dissent and bewilderment. We love everyone! How dare you talk like that when no one has hurt you! You are a terrible monster and deserve to die! No wonder your wife left you! Gee, give me some credit. I didn’t say you had to go riding into their village and slaughter them all. You can do the righteous thing and threaten them first. Join, under our rules, or die. Sure, it tips them off and hinders your battle plans, but you can not only sleep easier at night but you can take the moral high ground. You aren’t a monster, indiscriminately killing everyone. You gave them a choice to take the easy way out. None of this is indecent or illogical. This is the way governments work. Even in the “freest country in the world”, the IRS is giving you a similar choice. You can “voluntarily” pay your taxes or wait for us to send our ninja’s in. But don’t worry, it’s fair since you can go to the governments courts and have a government payroll judge soon to retire on a government pension decide the “fair” course of action if you feel you’ve been wronged.

*

Now that we’ve gotten your weak cries of protest out of the way, the question becomes one of timing. Should you attack immediately, stealing resources but facing a well armed foe or wait to attack and forego the treasure but also the full armaments that were available? Are probing attacks best, whittling down resistance? Is there that much that is so valuable that you must risk your own lives and use your ammunition? For instance, a tanker of gasoline might be nice to have but it isn’t critical. A natural gas well might be another matter as it will last a lot longer. Why would anyone want to attack a gun store or National Guard armory? Too tasty of a target for others. Besides, most of the crap you might get from the NG ( if it isn’t already over in Iraq ) is either worthless or will be once it breaks down and runs out of the limited supply of ammo. Is it better to fight for the rail cars full of grain, or direct your forces to farmland? Obviously the land is better in the long term. But what if you didn’t have enough manpower to hold it? These are all questions you should think about beforehand. Here in the Great Basin, there isn’t as much advantage in holding positions as there is in staying mobile. You would be better served by raiding than by sieges. In general. You still need to steal stored foods. You might need building material for winter survival. A town might become a base of operations for your enemies.

*

No one plan will fit all areas. You’ll have to stay flexible. But the primary thing is that you must start to think offensively. Otherwise, you are eventually under attack with no retreat. And, remember, your allies or friends today will eventually turn on you as supplies dry up in a drought or famine. Best to control rather than befriend.

END

The Official Bison Web Site http://www.bisonpress.com/

*

Please support Bison by buying through the Amazon links in each article. You can purchase anything, not just the linked item. Enter Amazon through my item link and then go to whatever other item you desire. As long as you don’t leave Amazon until after the order is placed, I get credit for your purchase. Thank you.