Except for the age... this guy sounds a lot like a member of The Base.
Speaking of The Base, Atomwaffen, and other Nazi movements..l well guess what?
These guys aren’t “domestic terror” anymore.
CT will soon see a HUGE uptick in transnational Nazi political violence. Because they’re already there—and there.
Strap in.
Atomwaffen Division actually hunted an American activist in Germany recently, interestingly enough...
theguardian.com/world/2019/nov…
Speaking of Germany, a few days ago — 12 German men were arrested for plotting multiple coordinated mosque attacks.
Modeled on Christchurch.
People. It’s BEEN transnational (Christchurch was perpetrated by...AN AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRANT TO NEW ZEALAND.
In fact, founder of Nazi group The Base — pseudonym Norman Spear — is orchestrating attacks from... Russia.
Safe haven courtesy of Putin.
bbc.com/news/world-512…
These guys also have connections to Nazis in Ukraine (not just The Base - also Atomwaffen and more).
American White Power movements’ transnational connections, however, predate The Base by a long, long time.
Gross — but true: one of those ways?
The United States military.
1979 anti-KKK rally: Klansmen and neo-Nazis murdered five people. Among them? Vietnam vets.
Motivation?
“I shot communists in Vietnam, why wouldn’t I shoot communists in the United States?’”
This phenomenon predates Vietnam.
Post-Civil War: Klan
Post-World War I: Klan rises
Post-World War II: Klan surges
According to Belew, Vietnam marks a Nazi turning point.
At this point, many emergent White Power figures conceptualised Vietnam as a government betrayal that used soldiers as canon fodder.
Not exactly a sentiment restricts to Nazis, but....
Other things about Vietnam useful to the American Nazi movement:
Insurgency, counterinsurgency, leeway for war crimes...
Oh, and Operation Phoenix (look it up).
Ever heard “lone wolves” and “leaderless jihad?”
Oh, did you think that was Al Qaeda? Wrong.
Beam coined “leaderless resistance” in the 1980s. Well before the existence of Al Qaeda.
Beam headed up a group in the 80s (taken down by SPLC) responsible for attacks on Vietnamese fishermen in the States.
For Beam and his KKK “maritime” group (I shit you not)...
These attacks were continuation and fulfillment of the Vietnam War’s lost promise.
Louis Beam alsooooo trained child militias in the lessons of Vietnam’s guerrilla warfare (8 year olds, guys) at Camp Puller (Houston, Texas)...
And tried to draw in Boy Scouts.
Tom Metzger:
— founder of the White Aryan Resistance (WAR).
— former Grand Wizard of the KKK
— US Army (1961-1964)
Randy Weaver (of Ruby Ridge)
— Christian Identity
— ties to Aryan Nation
— wanted to work for FBI
— joined US Military (peak of Vietnam era)
— Green Béret, Spécial Forces — stationed at Fort Bragg
Timothy McVeigh
— absolutely influenced by Christian Identity
— US Army Infantry, Fort Benning, GA
— Operation Desert Storm (Iraq)
— wanted to join Army Special Forces... he failed.
Now is a great time to remind you that...
Membership in Nazi groups doesn’t disqualify you from joining the military.
military.com/daily-news/202…
Intermission - headed to campus - but first...
Recap:
I’m going to tell you what I told FBI— because this is what we currently face: accelerationist groups like Atomwaffen Division and The Base aren’t just issues of domestic terrorism. They’re increasingly transnational.
Check out where The Base’s founder (alias “Norman Spear”) enjoys safe harbor (hi, Putin!) — there’s a reason for that.
Global Nazi coalition networks are going to become very prominent in law enforcement circles and public consciousness very soon — the dots already connect.
The Base purposefully mirrors al-Qaeda.
They share the same goals, often same members, the same strategies, and read the same military theorists ... and praise one another’s attacks.
Like Al Qaeda? Transnational networks ate increasingly key to The Base’s objectives.
Yeah, The Base didn’t choose their name by accident, nor is it a coincidence.
“Al-Qaeda” literally means ... “The Base.”
I’ll pick this thread back up later.
I’ll finish off the Nazis tonight when I get home from campus.
(this thread, at least)
Okay, Nazis. You’ve already taken up way too much energy today. Nap time.
Keep yelling away in the @‘s, ya skullmask anime avatar angryboïz.
Something something valhalla. Etc.
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