Given his druthers, Brock — a tall, robust man of 42 and no fan of life in the colonies — would have returned to England to be assigned to service with the British army fighting in Spain. In fact, his deployment to the continent had been authorized near the end of January 1812. But quitting Upper Canada had become impossible as the warlike temper between England and the United States continued to rise.
What a box his sense of duty had put him in. He had few trained troops, the “dubious characters” of a ramshackle militia and few resources to equip them. Moreover, Brock had no good opinion of the fighting spirit in the society he led.
“A full belief possesses them that this Province must inevitably succumb . . . Most of the people have lost all confidence. I however speak loud and look big.”
Here’s another passage which ironically presages the coming War of 2012:
“On Feb. 24, Brock issued a Proclamation Against Sedition, warning of the entry into Upper Canada of persons of “seditious intent,” bent on disturbing the tranquility and alienating the minds of “His Majesty’s Subjects.”
Seems to me that is precisely what the IRS is beginning to do through FATCA, by forcing Canadians to sign-away their Canadian charter rights so our banks can be “legally” co-opted to betray us and provide every shred of our financial profiles (as well as those of our spouses) to an imperialistic foreign government. That is “seditious intent”, designed to undermine and contradict the authority and protections of our own Canadian government and chartered banking system. Those in our country who would aid and abet the Americans in their latest illegal, extra-territorial folly could most certainly be accused of seditious behaviour as well.
As for the rest, there can be little doubt that the IRS and the US government do indeed appear to be “…bent on disturbing the tranquility and alienating the minds of “His Majesty’s Subjects.” How well have ANY of us slept since this waking nightmare began?
I believe that this is all quite calculated and deliberate. The well-educated brains in the IRS also know their history and know exactly what they’re doing right now – they are waging the first phase of this new war in classic form; through intelligence gathering, propaganda, intimidation and misinformation – even using diplomatic channels to mislead and soften-up the populace for the real battles to follow.
Hyperbole? Revisionist conspiracy theory?Let’s revisit this topic on January 1st, 2013 and once again, on January 1st, 2014, for good measure, and discuss where history has taken us by then.
Where history is taking us …
How to Fund an American Police State
I happened to watch the War of 1812 on PBS last night, and thought I would add that video to the various threads as an important archive addition to Isaac Brock Society. Learned a lot I did not know. Yes, Isaac Brock got lots of coverage!