Many year ago, I was dragged by colleagues to paintball shoot. I didn’t want to go but thought I ought to be sociable. I’ve never been a soldier, never will be a soldier and don’t even want to play at being a soldier, little did I realise how educational this was going to turn out to be.
Standing there at the briefing on a hot summer’s day, dressed in a protective boiler suit and helmet, I was distinctly unenthusiastic. As the budding Rambos’ ran off into the bushes to play a game of last man standing, I simply ducked under a nice shady bush by the podium for a snooze.
As I lay under the bush, I could hear the yelling and shouting, the pop of paintballs being fired and the sounds of battle generally. Eventually, the noise subsided, people that had been shot began returning to camp, until finally, the last man standing returned to claim his prize.
This man looked every inch a Rambo, dressed from head to foot in camo, he looked smug and very pleased with himself. As the referee’s hand reached out for the bell to signal the end of the contest, I couldn’t resist it, I shot him in the chest. The Rambo looked so surprised and annoyed, but I’d won fair and square: the referee’s hand hadn’t quite reached the bell.
The above is a lesson that fits in well with my philosophy on life, I’m nothing if not an opportunist. It is ironic to think that with all of the energy having been expended, I had used little energy and fired one paintball, but I’d won.
I realised that in life, people are so busy playing the game, arguing about money, politics and religion, that they don’t notice what I am doing: they expend a lot of energy and more often than not they never win. Most people live to work rather than work to live.
Politicians know this, successful businessmen know this, Generals and top soldiers know this. An army sniper may sit in his hole or wherever for days, weeks or even months, until he acquires a high enough value target to be worthy of his bullet. Sometimes a sniper can change the whole course of a battle with a single bullet.
Here’s an interesting video: “Green Beret vs Peru Special Forces Officer”.
I’ve no idea as to the background to this video or even how genuine it is, but it illustrates my point perfectly. The Green Beret looks relaxed, expends little energy and takes his opponent out with a single finger strike and, if he had wanted to, could quite easily have killed him. This is how you fight battles. It’s not about scoring points and burning energy, it’s about winning and nothing else.
Targets are not always so easily acquired, they’re often stealthy, devious and deceptive. It’s hard to know just at whom to fire our single bullet or into who’s eye we must stick our finger: metaphorical bullets and fingers of course, let’s hope we don’t have to resort to live ammo!
When we fight devious and deceptive opponents such as the European Union, we need to understand just how their systems work, its strengths and weaknesses. We need to understand our enemy like our soldier understands the human anatomy of his enemy. This is how our Green Beret knows where to stick his finger and our sniper knows where to place his bullet.
In my last two articles – ‘A Bit of Systems Theory’ and ‘Weltanschauung and the System’ – I’ve tried to give you an introduction to some analysis tools that we can use to understand our enemy. What I’ve suggested in these articles but not stated explicitly because I wanted to see if anybody would pick up on it, is that the European Union is actually a Fascist system.
Of course, so many people still believe the lies and propaganda, they believe that the European Union is an altruistic organisation whose purpose is to prevent wars and create a utopia where we all hug and kiss each other and live happily ever after. Nothing could be further from the truth and as such The European Union’s greatest weakness is the truth.
‘Our silver bullet to slay the monster is the truth’.
I’m sure we’ve all been away to conferences and business meetings where after maybe a week of having our heads filled with corporate propaganda and learning nothing that couldn’t have been covered in a fax of email, the last thing they ask is: “does anybody have any questions?”
Just as you’re desperate to get away, a bunch of morons hold up their hands and ask a lot of daft questions, just to try and get noticed and impress the management. The management love questions like these, they’re easy to answer with a string of platitudes and they can stand there and look authoritative and knowledgeable.
Don’t you just hate people like this! And politics is exactly the same: a pantomime a show and largely a complete waste of time and energy. UKIP too in recent times has been too busy arguing about its internal workings, perhaps arguing about Tommy Robinson. This is meaningless if we don’t confront the enemy (I’m absolutely not trying to imply that you are morons!).
Don’t get me wrong, I like Tommy Robinson a lot, but we’re in dangerous times. Our most important and immediate goal is Brexit and we can’t afford to be distracted. Brexit is a battle that we must win before we can go on to fight the war against globalism and its attempt to destroy the nation state.
We don’t have much time left to fight Theresa May’s Brexit stitch-up, we must get the truth out there and deliver our silver bullet into the heart of the beast.
Oh! And while we’re at it, could someone please stick their finger in Theresa May’s eye – metaphorically speaking, of course.
Quite right! Truth is the ‘Silver Bullet’. I often wonder why this evidence is not taken up more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nf5KeC4dAs
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZYKnZITSSM
People must be told, it is our duty if we know this, to tell people.
How far is one prepared to go? A finger in the eye is one thing but we are soft. When life was more primeval there were no ‘Queensberry Rules’. We come to a dangerous point.
This is an excerpt of a recent email to ex colleagues in UKIP whom I have only recently offered support.
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“In 2017 I disagreed with your policy of supporting the Conservative candidate when it may have been possible to field one ourselves. It was in line with UKIP policy of ‘putting Country before Party’, one which, subsequently, many have said was ludicrous and lost UKIP much support. It was not so much that decision but the undemocratic way in which it was made, that is, at a Chairmen’s meeting before consultation with the Branch.
The debt incurred and the cost to UKIP for that support should now be called in.
The only way to call in that support and the only ‘leverage’ I can see that you have to influence our MP is to say, in no uncertain terms, that if he does not respect the ‘Red Lines’ mentioned all support will be withdrawn and the local UKIP group will actively campaign against him. There are a number of points that can be made. This can be worded so as not to appear an over reactive threat but a statement of intention.
You may ask, but that will let in a Europhile candidate?
What have we got to lose!!
The country has almost gone, primarily due to the Conservative Party but with the willing, help from both Labour and the Liberal Democrats. If May’s ‘Deal’ goes through or any botched up deal close to it, this country will be lost forever. Also if the whole process is ‘kicked down the lane for another year or two then country also will be lost.
This is it!
If you don’t pull out the stops now and assert yourselves what is the point of UKIP?
As always procrastination will just not do!”
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I fear the response fell short.
When Remainers realise that May’s ‘Deal’ will give them what they want, we may find, that is what we will get.
This is why I wrote to my colleagues in the local UKIP branch.
https://www.conservativehome.com/parliament/2018/12/the-25-conservatives-who-voted-with-grieve-to-block-a-no-deal-brexit-or-try-to.html
Our local MP’s name is in this list. I wonder where his allegiances lay (or should I say lie).
There are, in my opinion, very few politicians in the LiLabCon Parties who could be trusted. When next you have a ‘cross party’ meeting perhaps you may remember that they are ALL complicit in the demise of our nation by being members of those parties.
I am pleased to say I have had an email from the Conservative MP in question. He did not vote for Grieves amendment and suggested I check Hansard. That must have been ‘fake news’. Needless to say I m very pleased with a small piece of my faith in human nature restored.
‘Put Country Before Party’ was Arron Banks policy to split UKIP, not UKIP!!!!
Another “thought” I don`t know strictly if it is to do with this thread, but it is to do with identifying the objective of the Strategic Analysis.
In UKIP`s case, I think it is the “enemy”, but which enemy, is it the EU itself which must be destroyed, or just it`s mindset i.e you cannot leave, but if you do it will only be on agreed terms (art 50) – and they`ll be our terms and in fact it should have been obvious to our government from the start that with all the negotiation in the world at the end of the day the EU would prevail and that GB`s stated plan was the only method
To me, it is evident that the Government`s Strategic Plan (if they ever had one) was rubbish from the start and it was due to their failure to identify the EU, it`s mindset and its system as the enemy.
What on earth made them think they could have a “friendly” relationship when we had been constantly pointing out yes, we were friends with Europe and most Europeans, but not their totalitarian slave masters the EU
TR this, TR that, GB this, GB that!!
I can see why Flyer is getting irritated, many of us just don`t get “it”, if you wish to annihilate an enemy your thought process and intentions can only be committed to that end.
In devising that objective (total annihilation) it is completely counterproductive to start off with a string of but, but, buts……
I cannot add much to finding UKIP`s Silver Bullet except to say UKIP appears to have lost its “Militant Wing” which was at its most evident and most potent under Farage and his cronies in the lead up to 23rd .June 2016.
The very mention of TR and GB`s supposed failings in the context of this thread leads me to the conclusion we are not first considering “Truth” as the suggested bullet first, foremost and totally.
If I remember correctly one of UKIP`s mantras was to (appear???) to tell the truth, even brutally as Nigel often did in the EU assembly.
flyer,
Quite correct, we are dealing with velvet totalitarians, the sooner people realise this the better.
Look at the latest from the UN, this will make its way to the EU member states and the UK may sign (certainly the Tories will):
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1052923/UN-migration-agreement-Angela-Merkel-EU-criticise-migration-hate-crime
“One basic element of this new agreement is the extension of the definition of hate speech. The agreement wants to criminalise migration speech. Criticism of migration will become a criminal offence.”
“It is declaring migration as a human right so it will, in effect, become impossible to criticise Mrs Merkel’s welcome migrants politics without being at risk of being jailed for hate speech.”
Result: End of Free Speech AND probably a ban on anti-immigration political parties too. UKIP would be banned or open for prosecution under this agreement.
“Media outlets that give room to criticism of migration can be shut down.”
Result: Clamp down on free press. Already started on Facebook. Migrant crimes covered up. Accounts banned etc.
How do you stop illegal mass migration? You make it legal. How do you stop people complaining about migration? You ban complaints. All of the above is illegal under the US Constitution, we don’t have that protection.
Folks, I have signed this, I suggest you do to and send to your friends:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/232698
Bloody frightening! As I’ve said in the article, the one thing that these people are vulnerable to is the truth, particularly when you look at the lies that people have been gullible enough to believe. Looking at some of these lies, they’re so outrageous, the numbers and logic just don’t add up or make sense and yet supposedly educated people have fallen for it.
The other day I was chatting with some people about Captain Cooke’s voyages and his contributions to navigation, it was too much for one woman. She chipped in with:
“What do you Englishmen know about navigation, the Polynesians were the best navigators in the world.”
I told her that they did make some amazing voyages, they were sailing dug out canoes with only very primitive navigation techniques, they must have had a very high attrition rate and you couldn’t really compare this with our sailing ships and naval navigation. The most amazing thing about their voyages is that any of them made it at all.
She wouldn’t have it and I asked her if she’d ever set foot on a boat or had any significant sea time, she hadn’t. So I told her that I had around a hundred thousand miles under sail, most of it as a navigator and was an Ocean Yachtmaster, I’d studied navigation all of my life and commercial captains had told me that my knowledge of navigation exceeded their own.
I then proceed to tel her that every time she opened her mouth, she made herself look even more stupid than I already knew her to be.
You can imagine her reaction, these lefties are unreal but this is the way to deal with them.
Regarding the Brexit march on 9 December, where can one buy a UKIP flag to wave?
Of course BREXIT must be UKIP’s first, second and third priority but seldom in life is there an opportunity to deal with one priority at a time.If we are to be a serious party we cannot ignore other issues while we deal with BREXIT. Those issues will not go away. It is vital we leave the EU but are we to ignore the plight of innocent children being exploited by evil people while we do so. I fully support Gerard Batten’s actions about Tommy Robinson. UKIP will be pilloried and castigated in the press/media whatever we do. It is time we threw caution to the winds and start saying what millions of unrepresented voters in the United Kingdom want to say.
Alan Love.
The article mentions Tommy Robinson but it is not about Tommy Robinson. Brexit, Islam, Immigration, gang rape and child grooming, they’re all dependent variables of globalism, the root of all evil and our current battle front is the EU.
So what the article is saying is stop wasting time with displacement activities and procrastination, engage the enemy and don’t fight fair, fight dirty. This is about winning, if we don’t we loose all, nothing else matters.
It is not only this, as ex martial arts practitioner I can say this:
1. In the fight of 2 amateurs the size matters – bigger usually wins.
2. In the fight of amateur vs professional – training matters, professional usually wins
3. In the fight of two professionals – again size matters (this is why we have weight divisions).
Also every professional fighter will tell you that stamina is most important factor in the fight, deciding factor in most cases.
At the moment UKIP is a lightweight amateur fighting heavyweight professionals (few at the same time).
To indicate the size difference here parties spending in the last GE (2017):
1. Conservative £18,592,589.75
2. Labour £11,003,980.01
3. Liberal Democrats £6,788,315.79
4. SNP £1,623,126.63
5. Green Party £299,853.77
6. Women’s Equality Party £285,662.41
7. UKIP £273,104.09
I do agree with flyer, the only way for winning is attack from behind with brick in the hand (metaphorically speaking).
Flyer, if you are so concerned, why don’t you come back from Brazil?
Brilliant! Thanks. BTW, even if you are living abroad, you can be a member of the UKIP’; even if you were not British, you could also become an Honorary Member of the UKIP. We have had a Green Hon. Member for many years now. (And at the moment the membership fee is only £4!)
Flyer – you are 100% right – especially with regard to distractions. Why is it that Gerard Batten has failed to understand this?
Very unfortunate that Gerald has taken his eye off the ball over his poor judgment in bringing Robinson ‘in’ on the side.
Robinson attracts damaging comment in the press which can only reflect on UKIP. A free gift to our detractors. The last thing we need. Sadly the first indication that Gerald may not have the sound judgment that we need from our leader. I hope that the NEC deals in a robust manner when the topic comes up later.
Tommy Robinson will attract damaging comments from the press, that is true. But UKIP would attract damaging comments with or without him on board, that’s just the way the establishment mainstream media works.
It is heartening though that Gerard (not Gerald!) and Tommy are working together to organise the ‘Brexit Betrayal’ march due to take place next Sunday in London, which UKIP will be very prominently featuring at. And it is good that Tommy is becoming more vocal about the issue of Brexit, putting his focus on Muslim grooming gangs aside temporarily.
While I have doubts and reservations about Tommy Robinson himself, if this march can pass off with large numbers in attendance, with no incidents of violence, it can only be a good thing for UKIP, even if the mainstream media choose to ignore it (as they will, unless there are any ugly scenes of course).
I am just about to book myself a return train ticket for the day, and I hope it will be the best £30 I have spent all year (after the £30 I paid to join UKIP back in March).
I must say that opinion that Brexit is UKIP’s priority is wrong. The goal is independence, I dare to say both country and its people. Brexit seems to be a beginning. Are we ready carry this fight? Do we have a limits we will not breach? How far are we ready do go? What price we are happy to pay?
The arena for this fight at the moment is not the EU – it is our parliamentary system and grabbing the power – all other attempts will be futile, as we can clearly see now.
There is this fine dialog in The Untouchables:
Malone: [talking privately in a church] You said you wanted to get Capone. Do you really wanna get him? You see what I’m saying is, what are you prepared to do?
Ness: Anything within the law.
Malone: And *then* what are you prepared to do? If you open the can on these worms you must be prepared to go all the way. Because they’re not gonna give up the fight, until one of you is dead.
Ness: I want to get Capone! I don’t know how to do it.
Malone: You wanna know how to get Capone? They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. *That’s* the *Chicago* way! And that’s how you get Capone. Now do you want to do that? Are you ready to do that? I’m offering you a deal. Do you want this deal?
Ness: I have sworn to capture this man with all legal powers at my disposal and I will do so.
Malone: Well, the Lord hates a coward.
[jabs Ness with his hand, and Ness shakes it]
Malone: Do you know what a blood oath is, Mr. Ness?
Ness: Yes.
Malone: Good, ’cause you just took one.
@Flyer Your perspective is quite correct. Brexit is our first priority and we must box clever to win.
I love and support Tommy Robinson, the bravest man in Britain, but I fully agree that Brexit is the only prize that matters.
Traitor May and her traitor supporters in Government must be thwarted and taken down.
Brexit comes before all else.