Posted on 12/20/2017 9:28:48 AM PST by fwdude
The thought of Civil War has been in the minds of many people lately, on both sides of the political and cultural divide. This is not a thing to be wished for, though no one should kid themselves into believing it’s impossible either. Let us take a sober look at what such a conflict might entail.
To begin with, it would not look like the first American Civil War, which was essentially a war between two regions of the country with different economic interests. The divide created two separate countries, both initially contiguous, intact, and relatively homogeneous. The lines of demarcation now are only somewhat regional, and tend to correspond to differences between urban and rural populations, as well as differences of race and class.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
It would likely resemble the Yugoslavian breakup and regional wars fought there. Mixed populations forced to move to safer areas.
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Makes one want to stock food for longer than most of us already do.
I’m ready to fight against the democrats/marxists who have destroyed America.
Short.
Utopian ideology will die off when stupid does.
Being as how lefty journalists, judges, and democrat politicians would find themselves to be initial targets, I would expect a quick resolution. Probably be over before anitfa could trash a Starcucks.
“What Might Civil War Be Like?”
It’s already started.
Having just finished up Matt Bracken’s trilogy on just such a scenario, I was interested to see the following comment from the article Comments Section:
JohnFRoss • 9 hours ago
I am a novelist, and people I know often ask me my thoughts on the possibility of a full-blown, modern-day civil war in America, as opposed to a much more limited conflict such as the coordinated targeting of sellout politicians or corrupt government agencies.
I have thus far resisted embarking on such a tale, not because I cannot envision such an event happening, but because a good story requires a protagonist the reader cares about, set against a cunning antagonist, with the stakes set at tremendously high levels for the country as a whole. I haven’t been able to dream up a story like that set in the middle of nationwide chaos.
One novelist who HAS touched on the topic of modern civil war is retired Navy Seal Matthew Bracken, both in his novels and frequent blog posts. Bracken’s military background gives him a realistic assessment of “what if” scenarios that goes far beyond the idle musings of most armchair pundits.
In his blogs, a frequent question Bracken often asks us to ponder is “What happens when the EBT cards all turn up empty at the same time?” Schmutzli’s hypothetical take on a war between conservative, small-government patriots and the Grievance Class is one based in ideology, but ideology takes a back seat to immediate survival when faced with utter chaos.
One place Bracken agrees with the author of this piece is that the country will be divided along urban/rural lines, with those in the rural areas having vastly more of the equipment, skills, and capacity for food production that are useful in fighting any kind of war.
My own take is to agree with this assessment, and to point out that in times of peril, people must make snap decisions, and making the wrong decision just once means you die. The reality is that under such conditions, the people that survive are the ones who don’t take chances, so decision-making becomes one of identifying the enemy and killing him before he can get close enough to hurt you.
The elephant in the living room that no one wants to talk about is the likeliest method that the fighters in rural areas are going to use to quickly identify the enemy at a distance.
I’d bet a lot of money that they’ve watched thousands of YouTube videos, and have already made up their minds on this issue...
It will be similar to the terrorist attacks now taking place all over the world.
Car bombs, knife attacks, vehicles plowing into crowds, sabotage and maybe even mass poisonings.
The fellow in line behind you at Walmart stabbing you in the back, drive by shootings......
And we will end up not only packing, but going about our errands always with a family member or close friend as backup.
Where he is right.....The medium to large cities will be very dangerous, especially to non residents who do not know the turf boundaries.
It would be over in less than 24 hrs. They don’t have the firepower nor the training to stand up an effective fighting force. Their only prayer, is that the military sides with them and that’s not happening.
I want to fight against the evil democrats/marxists and the media.
We need to use the tactics of StoneWall Jackson who defeated armies 3x the size time and time again
I suspect the US would be like that. It won't be Civil War so much as a federal government that can't or won't protect us. Areas will defend themselves, with different cultures and different skill sets setting the direction.
Morgan Llewelyn is a wonderful writer of well researched and well thought out historical fiction One of her first books, The Winds of Hastings, though not as skilled as her later writing, brings alive the story of Elana of Saxony, one of her ancestors.
I ramble. My point is that it'll be another disconnected Dark Ages of sorts, but with some areas maintaining terrific survival skills.
Spot on, Sir.
We're probably in the John Brown stage. But, before the Harper's Ferry.
For the record, he was hanged before the start of the really hot war.
Here’s what I do know: it won’t erupt suddenly and without warning. The initial action will be common people, simply refusing to do what they consider to be immoral.
It’s already started.
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