Wow, your about me page is sure depressing. And scary.
Based on your comment I went and read RetiredArmy’s home page. Yes it is depressing, but I can’t say I totally disagree with it when it’s laid out that way.
I think the chances of a civil war are much higher, as I think that they changes of holding the entire USA together as we descend into the hell that RA describes are low.
Some parts of the country will decide to split off. It is already happening. I believe the DNC platform calls for some soft of independence for Hawaii. Would a President Obama inflict continued statehood on Hawaii if they voted to return to sovereign Kingdom? I can’t imagine it.
The Army may or may not be responsive. History has shown that when legitimate existing order is breached the Army tends to go it’s own way. Maybe we get a “man on a horse” to set things right after a big fall, widespread riots and such.
In Russia, the last great superpower to fall, the Army in the end did not support the government, they more or less supported the people by staying in their barracks.
I’m not sure if we can turn oursleves around without going through the bloody hell of a revolution, but it’s worth trying.
I read Thomas Chittum’s “Civil War II” and think his scenario of eventual partition of the country into ethnic enclaves maybe the likely scenario.