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| 2004-12-08 | ||
Prior to World War II and the RAINBOW series of War Plans, the US maintained several color-coded war plans in case hostilities broke out with different countries. The US still maintains various war plans for Korea, Iran, and other contingencies, but we thought to modernize the different war plans for the present day, not including the Cold War. (Note: The author has no knowledge of current war plans of the United States, beyond which can be gleaned from internet sites such as www.Globalsecurity.org)
War Plan Black Then:a Naval war against Germany in case the French were knocked out of World War I with the Germans trying to take over the French Colonies in the Caribbean. Now: A plan to evacuate US troops and dependents from Germany in the face of rising European Union hostility against the US. War Plan Brown Then: A contingency plan against an uprising in the Philippines. Now: A plan to counter an Islamic rebellion in the Philippines, provide military support to the Phillipines in the "War on Terror", or a counter to Chinese expansion in the Pacific. War Plan Crimson: Then: War with Canada in conjunction with War Plan Red Now: Altercation of fishing or water rights, lumbar trade, agricultural trade, difference in security/immigration policy. Special Note: The US invaded Canada during both the Revolution and the War of 1812 and was defeated twice. Of course, that was by the British Army. War Plan Gray Then: Naval war against Caribbean nations Now: A Plan to invade Cuba or Anti-Drug Wars in the Caribbean War Plan Green Then: War with Mexico. Now: Imposition of a security belt 40 — 80 kilometers into Mexico to secure the US Southern Border against illegal immigration, terrorist infiltration, or the drug trade. War Plan Gold Then: War with France. Now: Why bother? War Plan Orange: Then: War with Japan Now: War with Japan (but also applicable to a naval war with China) Special Note: Also War Plan Red-Orange, a war against a UK-Japanese Alliance. War Plan Purple Then: War with Russia or With a Latin American country Now: Drug Wars in the Caribbean, Anti-WMD Proliferation in the former Soviet Union War Plan Red Then: War with the United Kingdom, predominantly considering a British Amphibious landing Near Washington, D.C. Now: More or less unthinkable. Special Note: Also War Plan Red-Orange, a war against a UK-Japanese Alliance. War Plan Scarlet Then: War with Australia and New Zealand, in conjunction with War Plan Red. Now: Retaliation against New Zealand Navy for attack on a US Navy ship carrying nuclear weapons. War Plan Yellow Then: War with China centering on the defense of Peking and relief of Shanghai during the Sino-Japanese War. Now: Contingency plan for aid to Philippines, Taiwan, Korea, or other Pacific Regions in the event of a Chinese invasion or aggressive territorial expansion. War Plan White Then: Domestic uprising Now: Operation Garden Plot for military support to domestic law enforcement operations during periods of civil unrest. (This plan has generated many conspiracy web sites.)
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #22 War Plan Pink: The invasion and occupation of San Francisco. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-12-08 10:46:54 PM |
| #21 RUGBY is actually very popular in many US colleges and universities, both as official sport as as casual sport. SOCCER needs to be extensively reformed if it ever expects to become popular in the USA, as most US males play it only because nothing else is available, besides also to watch the girls run around and sweat. The babes know it - thats why in high school and college its no coincidence many of them "sex up" for the boys. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2004-12-08 8:52:52 PM |
| #20 The Marine Corps actually has several rugby teams. I don't know how good they are but I heard they are good at inflicting punishment on their opponents. |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2004-12-08 8:21:07 PM |
| #19 TGA and phil_b: Something about the sport keep it from becoming mainstream here in America... perhaps the loss of teeth. The West coast school I went to actually had a girls rugby team, but you should've seen the, uh, ladies, that participated. Three inch leg hair, braided pits, and faces like bowls of day-old oatmeal. And then they'd drink afterwards. |
| Posted by: Asedwich 2004-12-08 7:49:20 PM |
| #18 My brother has played for it. Rugby is popular in some American colleges. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2004-12-08 5:44:47 PM |
| #17 The U.S. has a rugby team? |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-12-08 5:26:57 PM |
| #16 War Plan Scarlet Then: War with Australia and New Zealand, in conjunction with War Plan Red Now: Retaliation for New Zealand crushing US rugby team by 187 to 0 and for stealing the America cup. |
| Posted by: JFM 2004-12-08 5:22:02 PM |
| #15 War Plan Black Now: A plan to evacuate US troops and dependents from Germany in the face of rising European Union hostility against the US. Don't worry, if that happens, TGA will get his gun to protect ya! :-) |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-12-08 4:57:33 PM |
| #14 I think Rainbow predated Truman. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-12-08 4:47:01 PM |
| #13 Modernizing the US Colored War Plans Didn't Harry Truman integrate the war plans? |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-12-08 4:33:51 PM |
| #12 lol X! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-12-08 2:41:59 PM |
| #11 I want to know what this "lumbar trade" with Canada is all about. Are we trying to export some of our backbone to them or what? |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2004-12-08 2:34:55 PM |
| #10 Dr Steve - Lol! Oily sand... |
| Posted by: .com 2004-12-08 2:00:53 PM |
| #9 War Plan Khaki Then: liberation of Iraq Now: liberation of the Republic of Eastern Arabia, a 40 km wide strip of sand ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-12-08 1:54:51 PM |
| #8 Ship - Lol! Now make that a multi-pronged attack and add Berkeley and a few other choice concentrated centers of idiotarianism and you've got a PLAN! ;-) |
| Posted by: .com 2004-12-08 1:01:52 PM |
| #7 War Plan Mauve: The Siege of San Fransisco. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-12-08 12:58:11 PM |
| #6 And we're putting War Plan Green into action when, exactly...? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-12-08 11:41:16 AM |
| #5 Where's Treacher? We need a Warplan Puce... |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-12-08 11:39:05 AM |
| #4 Maybe we could just invade "Paris, in the springtime, when it drizzles..." (you all know the tune) |
| Posted by: Justrand 2004-12-08 11:11:34 AM |
| #3 War Plan Gold Then: War with France. Now: Why bother? I can think of a lot of reasons to put a beat down on France. |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2004-12-08 11:03:32 AM |
| #2 also must include damascus |
| Posted by: legolas 2004-12-08 10:56:04 AM |
| #1 War Plan Cornflower Then: War with Iraq Now: Nuke Mecca, Tehran, Palestine |
| Posted by: Ulairong Ulaitle4888 2004-12-08 10:23:12 AM |