"The Perfect Day" - Personal Self Defense- OT?

[BlackhawkPaul]

This article is currently making the rounds of police/militart/security tactical trainers/range officers:

 

"Cogito, ergo armatum sum: I think, therefore I am armed."(see the article).

 

 

Seriously, though, be prepared. A dark enemy lurks and plots. "Those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it."

 

Links to story below-

http://www.policeone.com/Officer-Safety ... e-attacks/

 

03/03/2011

 

The Bullet Proof Mind

with Lt. Col. Dave Grossman

 

 

The 'perfect day' and our terrorist opponents’ possible plans for future attacks

 

I have been told (by those conducting interviews with captured enemy combatants) that when we ask them “What is coming next?” they sometimes refer to the “Perfect Day.” You cannot understand what they are talking about if you do not understand the historical reference.

 

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The Sepoy Mutiny in India, in 1857, is an example of a Perfect Day. This was a spontaneous uprising by Muslims (and Hindus), with everyone giving the British their “best shot.” Nannies killed the kids, cooks poisoned the food, and shop owners murdered the British ladies as they came into the shop. And soldiers (sometimes complete units) killed their British officers and then used their weapons to attack the British.

 

The current politically-correct term for the Sepoy Mutiny is “The First Indian Rebellion.” You can look it up on Wikipedia, where the event has been completely PC filtered and revised.

 

The First Indian Rebellion is, to them, George Washington, Abe Lincoln, and the Alamo all rolled into one. And 99 percent of Westerners have never heard about it.

 

In their dreams and fond imaginations, this is what will happen across all of the “Crusader nations” who are in Afghanistan. Pick a day, and everyone gives it their best shot. If just one in 1,000 of the Islamic people in our nations answer the call to Jihad, it will still be thousands of attackers ... Some will opt for a “John Muhammad/Malvo,” whacking people from the trunks of cars, others for a Virginia Tech lone gun- man in the school. Others will attack school buses, nannies will kill the kids, clerks will kill customers, cooks (in the elementary school?) will poison the Kool-aid, etc., etc.

 

The enemy thinks big, and we — with wishful thinking compounded by ignorance of their history — keep thinking small. The goal of this Perfect Day, in addition to terror, is to make us imprison (intern) our Islamic populations (as we did to the Japanese in WWII), thus making this a “war against Islam” instead of the current war against terrorist groups and Islamist fundamentalists.

 

The idea of the Perfect Day goes way back in their culture. Look at the Book of Esther in the Bible. It takes place in Iran (ancient Persia), where the Jews are in captivity. Haman gets permission to kill all the Jews on a certain day. The whole book is about how they turned that around and killed all of Haman’s people on that day.

 

This is the terrorists’ dream. Our goal is to prevent it through careful study and understanding of their history and culture, assimilation (the French are an excellent example of what not to do in this area), and — most importantly — deterrence and de- tection, which is what I teach in my classes.

 

The enemy can be deterred! They fear one thing: They fear failure! They are not afraid to die — some of them want to die. But they desperately do not want to die for nothing! And our goal is to win a battle in the minds of millions of potential terrorists in our nation, who are asking the key questions: Can I succeed? Can I get a body count?

 

The key question we should ask is, “Why don’t they do this to Israel?” The answer is that the terrorists would love to! But Israel is an armed society. The terrorist is largely deterred from this action by Israel’s level of preparation. Until we reach the level of armed citizenry represented by Israel (and the sooner the better!) we are very vulnerable to this kind of attack.

 

In particular, we can see that states like Illinois and Wisconsin (the only two states with absolutely no concealed carry for anyone, anyhow, ever), or California, Massachusetts, and others (with very stringent and limited concealed-carry laws) are the most likely targets for this kind of attack.

 

The time may come when, like Israel, we need armed riders on every school bus and armed guards in every school and every day-care center. And the only way that we can do so is, like Israel, to depend on armed citizens and armed teachers to protect their children.

 

The millions of Americans who are buying guns are not foolish. I would submit that they are doing the one thing that individual citizens can do, and that is to arm themselves.

 

This is America. When faced with a threat, we don’t take away rights — we give you more rights! But with rights come responsibilities. We give you the right to purchase and carry weapons, and you have the responsibility to train with these weapons!

 

About the author

 

Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, U.S. Army (Ret.), is an internationally recognized scholar, author, soldier, speaker, and one of the world’s most foremost experts in the field of human aggression, the roots of violence, and violent crime. As an Airborne Ranger infantry officer, and a prior-service sergeant and paratrooper, he has over 23 years of experience in leading U.S. soldiers worldwide. Col. Grossman retired from the Army in February 1998 and has since devoted himself to research, speaking, teaching, and writing. He has combined his experiences as a former Army Ranger and former West Point psychology professor and a professor of military science to become the founder of a new field of scientific endeavor, which has been termed “killology.” In this new field, he has made revolutionary new contributions to our un- derstanding of killing in war, the psychological costs of war, the root causes of the current “virus” of violent crimes that is raging around the world, and in the processes used to help victims of violence heal, in times of both peace and war. Col. Grossman is the author of On Killing, which was nominated for a Pulitzer and is is on the required reading list of the U.S. Marine Corps Commandant and the FBI Academy. He also coauthored Warrior Mindset and Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill: A Call to Action Against TV, Movie and Video Game Violence. His book, On Combat has also been placed on the U.S. Marine Corps Commandant’s required reading list. On the Web, he maintains www. killology.com and www.WarriorSci.com.

[Captain Woodrow Cahill, SASS # 54363]

Thanx for posting Paul. Certainly provides some food for thought.

 

When I hear the extremists calling for "A Day of Rage" I can't but wonder if this is what they really mean.

[Mad Dog Jack, SASS #77862]

In reference to Muslims it hasn't been a day, but a lot of them in various countries seem to think it a perfect time to get rid of their governments.

Interesting read, thank you.

[Tucson Jim]

This is interesting for another reason: until now Lt. Col. Grossman has been at least somewhat skeptical of the idea of widespread legal CCW in the US. This marks the first time I've seen him come out more openly for widespread carry among the US civilian population.

[Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619]

I've liked Grossman's books.

 

Looks like he's branching out, though; I take this one with a grain (x-large) of salt.

 

For example: the Muslim population of British India was enormous; the British were few. And, it may be easy enough to overlook, nobody on the Subcontinent invited the British in in the first place.

 

Wars of independence against the Brits: who started that?

 

I'll put this one a bit down my worry list; I know, I'm hidin' my head in the sand!

[Marauder SASS #13056]

Hopefully it won't happen here, but I would think it likely in countries with a larger militant Muslim population.

 

But back in about 1999, the FAA discounted when one of their EOD specialist warned them about terrorists using a plane as a bomb.