From the movie script, "The White Rose": General Stonewall J. Conway, Colonel Ben Smith and Jack Idema are having a meeting in a small paneled conference room in the Pentagon. They are seated around a round table in comfortable black office chairs. The two officers are dressed in combat uniforms and the colonel wears a pistol belt containing a .45 Colt automatic pistol. Jack Idema is wearing blue jeans, plaid shirt and corduroy jacket. The general speaks....
Conway: “May I introduce myself? I'm U.S. Army General Stonewall Jackson Conway of Charleston, South Carolina. My official title is Commander of Joint Service Operations. My station is several rungs down from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, but as is well known around the Pentagon, I'm the de facto supreme commander of the American military...”
Idema: “I've aware of that fact for years now – you got me out of that crap hole of a prison in Afghanistan back in 2007. I'm very grateful for your help. I think about another six months I'd been twice as crazy as I am already even though I lived pretty large there and had an Internet connection plus a satellite phone.
Conway: “I want you know, Mr. Idema, that in 2004 when you were arrested doing the Lord's work trying to run down Osama bin Laden, my hands were tied by the State Department. It was those commie bastards in State that got the Afghans to arrest you.”
Idema: “I know all that....Again thanks! And let me tell you that standing in the same room with an American hero on the level of George Patton is something I'll never forget.”
Conway: “I'm often called, “the Unknown Soldier” because outside the Pentagon few people have heard of me.”
Idema: “The ones who count do know you – A soldier of the old school who kicks butt and takes names. You are also known for victories purchased at low cost for your troops and at maximum expense to the enemy.”
Smith: (He pushes across the table a folder) “Jack, These papers outline Plan "R." The plan really is about the upcoming revolution; however, for now we'll stick with the moniker of Romeo.”
Idema: (Glancing quickly thru the pages), “So the routine civil defense drill this morning was more than routine? A dress rehresal for a coup? I thank you both for the show, but it was going to much trouble just for little old me.”
Conway: (laughs) Hardly. It was just pure chance you hit town the day we do a dry run for Revolution Day....which is scheduled for August.
Idema: (looking up from the papers) “So soon? I got the impression from Ronbo that we were going to need at least a year to get everything in order...”
Conway: “There was thinking along those lines. Certainly if we had a year we could fine tune the putsch down to the microsecond, but the sad reality is that don't have more than a few months at most to go over the top. There have been development recently here in D.C. that you and Ronbo know nothing about. Our hand is being forced by the opposition.”
Idema: (holding up a DVD he found in the folder) “Would the change in date have anything to do with this?”
Conway: “Yes, it would, Mr. Idema. This 60 minute DVD was produced by the National Security Agency (NSA) at Ft. Meade, Maryland from hundreds of hours of video taken in the Oval Office. It would appear our Grand & Glorious President O'Hara will activate his Red Guards in about 90 days. These units will help the police make mass arrests of 20,000 plus innocent Americans, including about 90% of the senior officer corps of the U.S. Military. The leadership of the Republican Party will be likewise swept away in one fell swoop. Also, on the arrest lists are leading conservative media persons like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity....I could go on – watch the DVD and read the transcript! This will be a contemporary version of the 1934 "Night of the Long Knives" when Hitler destroyed the senior leadership of the SA and murdered and jailed opponents of his regime.
Idema: (looking quickly thru some papers) “You forgot to mention O' Hara's execution orders: certain high ranking individuals like yourself are to be executed without trial in various federal prisons by firing squads. WHAT A MONSTER!”
Conway: “Now do you see the need to move things quickly forward?”
Idema: “Kill them! Kill them all!”
Conway: “That was my first thought when the Director of the National Security Agency, Admiral Steiner, showed me the transcript the very afternoon I had to attend a White House function where that bastard O'Hara was in attendance and I could have saw to his end; however, cooler heads, or should I say a cooler head, Colonel Smith, prevailed to change my mind.”
Idema: “How did he manage to get cameras into the Oval Office?”
Conway: “He didn't need to – The cameras were under the management of his staff and well guarded by the U.S. Secret Service, the SS, but the world of SIGINT, Signal Intelligence, is a universe ruled by the National Security Agency, NSA, whick knows any electronic device radiates a radio frequency. This particular bandwidth was intercepted by the electronic warfare people at Ft. Meade in the W2 Branch, who operate some of the most advanced intercept equipment only about 20 miles away from the White House as the crow flies.”
Idema: “I thought NSA couldn't spy inside the USA.”
Conway. “I thought presidents were forbidden to plot the arrest and murder of thousands of innocent people and recreate the GULAG.”
Idema: “We were both misinformed....”
Conway: “About the militias – will they be ready by August 15th?”
Idema: “It can be done.....if we go petal to the metal.”
Conway: “What about money? Tell me what you need to make it happen. I have wealthy friends on Wall Street who don't much fancy a vacation to a concentration camp.”
Idema: “We are pretty well funded by Mr. Big of Colorado....I'll let you know if we need more. What we really need are weapons and ammunition.”
Conway: “I can help you out there. What types of weapons?”
Conway: “May I introduce myself? I'm U.S. Army General Stonewall Jackson Conway of Charleston, South Carolina. My official title is Commander of Joint Service Operations. My station is several rungs down from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, but as is well known around the Pentagon, I'm the de facto supreme commander of the American military...”
Idema: “I've aware of that fact for years now – you got me out of that crap hole of a prison in Afghanistan back in 2007. I'm very grateful for your help. I think about another six months I'd been twice as crazy as I am already even though I lived pretty large there and had an Internet connection plus a satellite phone.
Conway: “I want you know, Mr. Idema, that in 2004 when you were arrested doing the Lord's work trying to run down Osama bin Laden, my hands were tied by the State Department. It was those commie bastards in State that got the Afghans to arrest you.”
Idema: “I know all that....Again thanks! And let me tell you that standing in the same room with an American hero on the level of George Patton is something I'll never forget.”
Conway: “I'm often called, “the Unknown Soldier” because outside the Pentagon few people have heard of me.”
Idema: “The ones who count do know you – A soldier of the old school who kicks butt and takes names. You are also known for victories purchased at low cost for your troops and at maximum expense to the enemy.”
Smith: (He pushes across the table a folder) “Jack, These papers outline Plan "R." The plan really is about the upcoming revolution; however, for now we'll stick with the moniker of Romeo.”
Idema: (Glancing quickly thru the pages), “So the routine civil defense drill this morning was more than routine? A dress rehresal for a coup? I thank you both for the show, but it was going to much trouble just for little old me.”
Conway: (laughs) Hardly. It was just pure chance you hit town the day we do a dry run for Revolution Day....which is scheduled for August.
Idema: (looking up from the papers) “So soon? I got the impression from Ronbo that we were going to need at least a year to get everything in order...”
Conway: “There was thinking along those lines. Certainly if we had a year we could fine tune the putsch down to the microsecond, but the sad reality is that don't have more than a few months at most to go over the top. There have been development recently here in D.C. that you and Ronbo know nothing about. Our hand is being forced by the opposition.”
Idema: (holding up a DVD he found in the folder) “Would the change in date have anything to do with this?”
Conway: “Yes, it would, Mr. Idema. This 60 minute DVD was produced by the National Security Agency (NSA) at Ft. Meade, Maryland from hundreds of hours of video taken in the Oval Office. It would appear our Grand & Glorious President O'Hara will activate his Red Guards in about 90 days. These units will help the police make mass arrests of 20,000 plus innocent Americans, including about 90% of the senior officer corps of the U.S. Military. The leadership of the Republican Party will be likewise swept away in one fell swoop. Also, on the arrest lists are leading conservative media persons like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity....I could go on – watch the DVD and read the transcript! This will be a contemporary version of the 1934 "Night of the Long Knives" when Hitler destroyed the senior leadership of the SA and murdered and jailed opponents of his regime.
Idema: (looking quickly thru some papers) “You forgot to mention O' Hara's execution orders: certain high ranking individuals like yourself are to be executed without trial in various federal prisons by firing squads. WHAT A MONSTER!”
Conway: “Now do you see the need to move things quickly forward?”
Idema: “Kill them! Kill them all!”
Conway: “That was my first thought when the Director of the National Security Agency, Admiral Steiner, showed me the transcript the very afternoon I had to attend a White House function where that bastard O'Hara was in attendance and I could have saw to his end; however, cooler heads, or should I say a cooler head, Colonel Smith, prevailed to change my mind.”
Idema: “How did he manage to get cameras into the Oval Office?”
Conway: “He didn't need to – The cameras were under the management of his staff and well guarded by the U.S. Secret Service, the SS, but the world of SIGINT, Signal Intelligence, is a universe ruled by the National Security Agency, NSA, whick knows any electronic device radiates a radio frequency. This particular bandwidth was intercepted by the electronic warfare people at Ft. Meade in the W2 Branch, who operate some of the most advanced intercept equipment only about 20 miles away from the White House as the crow flies.”
Idema: “I thought NSA couldn't spy inside the USA.”
Conway. “I thought presidents were forbidden to plot the arrest and murder of thousands of innocent people and recreate the GULAG.”
Idema: “We were both misinformed....”
Conway: “About the militias – will they be ready by August 15th?”
Idema: “It can be done.....if we go petal to the metal.”
Conway: “What about money? Tell me what you need to make it happen. I have wealthy friends on Wall Street who don't much fancy a vacation to a concentration camp.”
Idema: “We are pretty well funded by Mr. Big of Colorado....I'll let you know if we need more. What we really need are weapons and ammunition.”
Conway: “I can help you out there. What types of weapons?”
Idema: “How about AK47s?”
Smith: “If I may interrupt for a moment – The U.S. Army has over three million AK47s in storage at Ft. Bliss, Texas. These weapons were captured in Iraq at the conclusion of the invasion in 2003 from Saddam's Republican Guard. I understand they are in excellent condition and ready for service. Ditto ammunition for them. We have acres of AK47 ammo.”
Conway: “Why AK47s? We have vast stocks of M-16s and M4s?"
Idema: “I don't doubt you do, but we are talking about untrained militia here. I can teach a 12 year old kid to become deadly with an AK47 in about half an hour. If train him on the M-16 you're talking upwards of six weeks or more. Also, the AK47s are rugged, dependable and basically impossible to destroy by poorly trained troops.”
Conway: “How many militiamen can you and Ronbo come up with?”
Idema: (thinks for a moment) “one million....two million.”
Conway: “That many?”
Idema: “It depends on the breaks. If the regular military, National Guard and reserves are with us on Revolution Day we have more than enough troops to seize control of all major cities in all fifty states."
Smith: “If I may interrupt for a moment – The U.S. Army has over three million AK47s in storage at Ft. Bliss, Texas. These weapons were captured in Iraq at the conclusion of the invasion in 2003 from Saddam's Republican Guard. I understand they are in excellent condition and ready for service. Ditto ammunition for them. We have acres of AK47 ammo.”
Conway: “Why AK47s? We have vast stocks of M-16s and M4s?"
Idema: “I don't doubt you do, but we are talking about untrained militia here. I can teach a 12 year old kid to become deadly with an AK47 in about half an hour. If train him on the M-16 you're talking upwards of six weeks or more. Also, the AK47s are rugged, dependable and basically impossible to destroy by poorly trained troops.”
Conway: “How many militiamen can you and Ronbo come up with?”
Idema: (thinks for a moment) “one million....two million.”
Conway: “That many?”
Idema: “It depends on the breaks. If the regular military, National Guard and reserves are with us on Revolution Day we have more than enough troops to seize control of all major cities in all fifty states."
Smith: "I've let the whiz kids in Plans & Training run this exercise in their simulators and they agree even without the militias we can overthrow the government and make mass arrests. The problem then becomes holding power. We can expect serious opposition here in this country and from our enemies overseas who will no doubt use the opportunity to hit us hard."
Conway: "Jack, what is Ronbo's thinking on the post revolutionary period?"
Idema: "Well for openers we'll need a president right away."
Conway: "Any idea who that would be? My thinking was along the lines of Mr. Big..."
Idema: "Ronbo and me agree it should be you?"
Conway: "I'm a general. First, last and always!"
Idema: "So were Washington, Jackson, Grant, and Eisenhower. All you need a is quick on the job training and you're good to go."
Conway: "They'll say I'm a latter day Julius Caesar who overthrew the republic."
Idema: "Yes and those critics would be right; like Caesar you will overthrow this republic for the same reason old Julius overthrew the Roman Republic -- It has become corrupt, degenerate and a tyranny."
Smith: "I see things the same way as Idema and Ronbo -- Indeed, the American Republic is dead....belly up....finished...KAPUTT! All we will be doing is throwing a stinking corpse into a grave. We must create a New Republic and you are the only man who can bring it off."
Conway: "And how do you know I won't end up as a mad Caligula Caesar ruling an American Empire? Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
Idema: "Because you have not until now seriously considered idea of being president. I would think a tyrant in waiting would be giving orders to his less powerful allies instead of asking for their advice."
Conway: "I'm not George Washington The Second. My imperfect life and service to this nation can in no way compare to Washington. I remember as school boy learning that Washington was first in war; first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen. Now there was a hero to the ages! Washington wasn't perfect, but he was as near to being perfect as mortal man can be..."
Idema: "General, I'm a little man. Ronbo is a little man. Smith here is well...a little big man. But you are a Great Man. I read your biography last night. Last week I read your book on counter insurgency. Last month I read your book on the reformation and rebirth of America you wrote under an alias. YOU ARE THE MAN!"
Conway: "Can you staff this idea, Colonel Smith? I want you to get your whiz kids on the case. I want the names of potential presidents."
Idema: "Take your time. We have over a month."
Conway: "I selected August 15th for Revolution Day because the president will be visiting his relations in Jamaica, Congress will be in recess, half the District of Columbia will be on vacation and it will be a Sunday."
Idema: "I'll pass the word to Ronbo. He's out West somewhere."
Conway: "I suppose this concludes the meeting."
Idema: "Yes. I can't think of anything more just now. The whole thing is just so gigantic it seems unbelievable; a work of fiction! I'm sure there are a million details to settle, but The Die Is Cast.
TO BE CONTINUED
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