Who Would Have the Advantage in a US Civil War?

IWB ^ | Daniel Carter

[davikkm]

The escalation of hostility and violence in the United States is becoming undeniable. Over the past couple years alone, there have been politicians calling for increased antagonism toward Trump and his supporters, protesters (sometimes violently) confronting the police and ICE, violent clashes on the streets between Antifa and patriot groups, and many other instances that signify dark times ahead for the US. Almost one third of the nation believes a civil war is imminent. If this worst-case scenario becomes reality, who would have the upper hand?

Many on the right side of the political spectrum will hastily assume that they have the advantage because they have more guns. Republicans absolutely do own more guns, but many Democrats and Independents own guns as well. Will this advantage be enough to definitively win a war? It is hard to say.

[DownInFlames]

All phone calls go through a switch. This has not changed since my working in telephony in the 80s and 90s. Take out the switches and it’s over. They has enough enough backup power for 3 days.

[MinorityRepublican]

There won’t be a civil war unless the economy collapses. Then its all bets off. Right now people are too comfortable to revolt.

[mabarker1]

Kinda like The Works of Mr. Bracken.

[mabarker1]

Well I look at it this way, We Truly Believe and they are atheists at best but most are Total Hellbound Heathens.

[Ozark Tom]

Pipelines: Bunkered coal: Transmission lines: Railway: Truck freight contribute to keeping a high density population viable.

[Bonemaker]

“I’ll be the one giving orders.”

Only if you out rank an O-4....which may not be too hard to do on this forum.

[NorthMountain]

That could belp significantly

[Chickensoup]

Read Maybury’s histories

he is the whatever happened to Penny candy economist.

[elcid1970]

“...you would have waves of rotund zombies lumbering around howling for their smartphones to turn back on.”

Sounds like the world’s biggest Chuckie Cheez brawl.

;^)

[Chickensoup]

If you watch V for Vendetta, realize that the win happened after the power leaders were assassinated.

There was NO power without the leadership..

They fell apart.

[Chickensoup]

You have a great point. The problem the military will have is who is going to replace all of that expensive ‘smart’ ordinance when it used up?

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People always do what they are paid to do. Always.

[Chickensoup]

This war would only be won by targeted assassinations of their leaders. The Swiss Method.
THAT would be the way we’d know it had started...Liberals would use that tactic against us...

Commiefa knows the playbook.
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Agreed, that is why it is important to get rid of their leadership now.

[Chickensoup]

You are assuming the communist would have complete control of our military. That may not be a valid assumption. I think it more likely that if communists somehow got control of gov the military would either revolt or stay out of it. No way do I see our military siding with the communists that want to abolish our constitution.

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People tend to do what they are paid to do.

[elcid1970]

Imagine thousands or even millions of deer hunters deployed in the woods & wilderness and equipped for survival.

Example: I-40 in Middle Tennessee mostly passes through heavily wooded mountains. Roadway overwatch is total. The interstate system was intended for use by military convoys.

How can convoys, armored or not, proceed through a gauntlet of rifle fire from a nearly invisible and dispersed adversary? Sure, send in the Warthogs and Apaches, what will they shoot at?

Surveillance drones? Why is it a Federal crime to shoot at one even if it’s over your own property? Drones aren’t invulnerable but the Feds want them to be legally, even though IT techniques to bring them down are proliferating. Will drones be the eyes of the central government?

As noted, an interesting discussion that needs to continue.

[Grampa Dave]

Hopefully civil war will not come about.

If it does it be a very short, very violent and very bloody and deadly civil war for the left wingers in America.

In the meantime the snowflake left wingers can't even decide what sex they are and what bathrooms to use!

They need to study history to see what happened to the most powerful country in world, when it tried to take our guns away in 1776 and 1812 and declared war against us.

That country has been on a steady decline in power since 1815.*

*The War of 1812 lasted from June 1812-February 1815, a span of two years and eight months.

[Arlis]

Democrats who own guns never shoot them and don’t know how - couldn’t hit any target, probably don’t know how to change magazines or reload a shotgun or revolver.......

[GOPJ]

We can vote them out of office - and expose them... we can’t go beyond that. The way to spot high level communists in government is they don’t have to use talking points. Communist cells are tightly controlled...

[mdmathis6]

American leftists vow to strip funds from the military...

[VanDeKoik]

“Who is talking about going into a war?”

Thread title:

Who Would Have the Advantage in a US Civil War?

“I can smell a rat troll a mile away.”

Oh God, and I used to think only Democrats used that stupid line when they cant debate.

[Chickensoup]

No. We can run them out of the country. We can drive them away....

We can go as far as we need to in protection of our lives and families and futures.