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What a Second American Civil War Could Look Like
Townhall.com ^ | July 21, 2020 | Mark Nuckols

Posted on 07/21/2020 6:19:22 AM PDT by Kaslin

I fear that there is a looming civil war on the horizon. It is not yet inevitable, but all true American patriots must be prepared for the coming battle. And the costs in blood will be heavy. This war will not be fought like the American Revolution or the Civil War of 1861-65, where disciplined armies observed the laws of war and respected civilian lives.

This war will be waged by far-left radicals and their deep-state puppet masters. For them, civilian casualties and massacres will not be moral evils, but merely part and parcel of their larger plan to “reconstruct” America. Their objective is simple: overthrow our constitutional order, destroy our way of life, and deprive us of our freedom, our liberties, our property, and our honor.

I have spent many years in countries that have suffered civil war and its horrors, such as Russia (including Chechnya), Syria, Lebanon, Croatia, Bosnia, and Kosovo. I have also carefully studied the history of revolutions and civil conflict. And until recently I would never have believed a second civil war in America to be possible. But the warning signs are all there, and they began appearing most visibly when Donald Trump became the Republican nominee for president. He is the first American politician that strikes fear into the hearts of both the deep state and the radical left. And that fear makes them extremely dangerous.

The Bolshevik October Revolution of 1917 was carried out by a mere few thousand party members in St. Petersburg. And it was sudden and unexpected, the Bolshevik Central Committee made the decision to launch a coup d’etat only hours before its execution. In fact, as late as July 1917 Lenin himself did not expect a communist revolution in his lifetime. The Russian Civil War that followed is a horrifying story of savage carnage and obscene violence.

In similar fashion, I believe one likely spark for the Second American Civil War will be the result of a coup d’etat carried out by anti-America extremists. It will catch most Americans by surprise. The coup plotters will act quickly to seize the critical levers of power, before any opposition has a chance to react. And they will be aided and abetted by the kinds of people Lenin referred to, contemptuously, as useful idiots.

The shock troops will come from the ranks of Antifa and radical anti-white elements of the Black Lives Matter movement. These fascist stormtroopers will be augmented by the even larger numbers of veterans of Occupy and other far-left movements. And jihadists from across the globe will flock to support this coup. But the real power will be behind the scenes, in the hands of the bureaucrats of the American deep state, who will see such a far-left coup as their best chance to preserve and expand their far-reaching powers, but which President Trump threatens.

Much of the mainstream media will initially be warmly supportive. A few so-called conservatives at The New York Times may meekly protest that while the ends of the revolution are laudable, perhaps the means are a bit too messy. But most of the liberal media will fall into lockstep, in the belief that as long as they are supportive, the coup leaders will allow them to stay in business. Many Americans will believe their pro-coup propaganda and quietly submit, or at least refrain from overt resistance.

The faculties at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton will pass resolutions of fervent support, and their brainwashed students will rush to enlist in the revolution before all the excitement passes. Likewise, left-leaning foundations and oligarchs will promise financial support. And the Federal Reserve will flood the economy with debased currency.

Not all Democrat politicians will turn traitor, but there will be some prominent establishment “statesmen” who will betray our country. They will naively believe that they will be able to control the revolution and turn it to their own purposes. When their fig leaf of respectability is no longer required, they will get the fate they deserve. But their role will be critical, to give coup leaders the guise of “continuity of government” while they seize the critical levers of power.

America’s external enemies will not sit by idly. The new revolutionary government will offer generous terms in return for “foreign assistance” (meaning secret police), and troops if necessary. Expect a Treaty of San Antonio whereby Mexico “recovers her historic territories” of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and southern California. Russia will expect a return of Alaska (and its oil) to the Motherland. China and the European Union will demand we surrender our economic sovereignty and become vassals of Beijing and Brussels. And, of course, the United Nations will offer to send in the “blue helmets” to “restore civil order.” North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, and Iran will all also want in on the spoils in return for “technical support.”

And what will be the agenda of this regime? The first priority is obvious: the confiscation of all privately owned guns. An armed citizenry ready and prepared to defend its rights would be an intolerable threat to the regime. The next logical step would be identifying any and all possible sources of opposition and interning them and their families in “re-education” camps. The third priority will be a radical redistribution of property. It would destroy the American free-enterprise economy, but short-term it would guarantee the loyal support of all those hoping for a share of the spoils.

I do not wish to be alarmist. But what I describe here is a plausible scenario. And have no doubt, our nation’s enemies are resolute and determined. The continued existence of our great country, the United States of America, will depend on the bravery, strength, resourcefulness, and patriotism of her most loyal citizens. We must stand prepared for all possible threats.

May God bless and protect America.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: america; antifa; banglist; blm; civilwar; communism; cwii; cwiiping; deepstate; marxism; preppers; shtf
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
That’s what is so puzzling. All those people with great wealth supporting the revolution when they KNOW they cannot control it and will ultimately be consumed by it.

All the kneeling and virtue signaling didn’t prevent Amazon and Starbucks from being attacked in Seattle.

On a somewhat related note, I see that Gold is at another record high today, now @ $1840.80, down from high today of $1843.80.

People vote with their pocketbooks according to an old adage.

141 posted on 07/21/2020 8:52:29 AM PDT by Perseverando (Antifa, BLM, Libs, Progs, Islamonazis, Statists, Commies, DemoKKKrats: It's a Godlessness disorder.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

‘Local law enforcement has been threatened with loss of job and prosecution if they do the job they swore an oath to do. Too many will take the next servile step to do the assaults on citizenry they will be ordered to do under threat of lost income.


142 posted on 07/21/2020 8:54:44 AM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: MHGinTN
Too many will take the next servile step to do the assaults on citizenry they will be ordered to do under threat of lost income.

agree

143 posted on 07/21/2020 8:55:20 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (#openupstateny)
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To: VanDeKoik

And that is why our side never reacts to the violence. We can’t comprehend the hate these people have towards us and the country because we don’t harbor that kind of irrational hatred. The Left counts on that.


144 posted on 07/21/2020 8:58:16 AM PDT by redangus
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To: Perseverando
I believe a gorilla war is what happens when "chimping out" escalates.

Yup. The only cure is Marshal Law.

145 posted on 07/21/2020 8:59:45 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill

The ONLY dure is in Christ’s hands. All else is bandaid bounty.


146 posted on 07/21/2020 9:03:28 AM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: itsLUCKY2B

Well done...

It sort of does feel like that right now, doesn’t it.


147 posted on 07/21/2020 9:07:36 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Kaslin

Well this makes for a nice novel but what I’m reading does not take into account the military which every coup requires. It also ignores the warnings of the many organized Patriots waiting in the shadows to confront just this type of situation. Read the open letter of former marine Sawman Sawyer to get a glimpse.

So yes there may be a civil war on the horizon but it’s going to be short and sharp.


148 posted on 07/21/2020 9:07:53 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: TMN78247
Hey maybe a gorilla war is not such a bad idea. We train the gorrilas in the latest warfare techniques, sit back and have a beer and send them out to do the fighting. Why, I saw them doing that in that gorilla movie.

149 posted on 07/21/2020 9:12:02 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Billthedrill

There will be no “monkeying around” in this next silver war!


150 posted on 07/21/2020 9:16:44 AM PDT by Scott Kraut (My goal is to burn down America's remaining Democrat party plantations.)
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To: Gen.Blather
" Eventually, the parents of the uncivil warriors will kick them out of their basements and force them to get jobs."

More likely, the terrorist children will dispossess and depose mom and dad.

151 posted on 07/21/2020 9:18:13 AM PDT by matthew fuller (we're "blessed to have a leader" like Trump. Goya CEO)
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To: SmokingJoe

>Did it occur to you that perhaps it’s you that needs to see a shrink?

Nope. Thanks for asking.

>The clueless, naive ones like you kept saying to themselves, “ This will blow over”..right until they ended up in the gas chambers. All 6 million of them.

Well then go out and start shooting people instead of talking each other up on a message board. We cant get most of you to show up to even a PTA meeting or maintain a damn boycott of a sports league....but you are going to shoot people in a “war”.


152 posted on 07/21/2020 9:18:46 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Georgia Girl 2; archy

The Finnish Civil War in 1918 lasted about four months and killed over 1% of the population.


153 posted on 07/21/2020 9:19:32 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

It’s on the Gorilla channel.


154 posted on 07/21/2020 9:20:37 AM PDT by ebshumidors
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To: VanDeKoik

They would have to take away the BIG SCREENS and pry the video game controllers and cell phones out of everyone’s hands first. Republicans do not get off of the couch, it seems.


155 posted on 07/21/2020 9:22:20 AM PDT by JerseyDvl ("If you're going through hell, keep going.")
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To: joegoeny

Lead tire/wheel weights too.


156 posted on 07/21/2020 9:24:04 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: joegoeny

Gathering up primers by the thousands, 8# jugs of powder, gas checks for CB loads, scrap lead/linotype & empty brass is “a good thing” now & for the future.

Personally, I shoot a lot of .300SAV, .30-06, & 9.3x62mm with my homebrew GCCB & am getting about 7-8 reloads of my “once-fired cases”.
(.300SAV brass is easily reformed from 7.62NATO & my treasured Model 760 Remington pump-rifle that was “reformatted” into a 9.3x62mm by JES happily accepts fire-formed Lake City cases that I get FREE by the hundreds from a Garand match shooter, who doesn’t reload. = My last “haul” was well over 1000 empty Lake City cases.)

Note: Short possibly of a T-Rex, the “old school” 9.3x62mm loaded with GCCB in 285 grain @ 2000FPS will swiftly STOP any critter that one might see (including feral bulls to 2000#) & W/O damaging much edible meat, presuming that you are “a good shot”.
(Similarly, my homebrew GCCB loads in 180 grains work WELL in my Model 760 pumps in .300SAV/.308WCF/.30-06 Springfield & are quite suitable for taking any creature in the Western Hemisphere with the exception of the BIGGEST Bears..)

Addenda: C.E Harris’ famous “The Load” for every common rifle caliber with a capacity greater than the old-school .250-3000 Savage works WELL for hunting most any game to 200KG & out well beyond 200M. -The load is easy on rifles, easy on your shoulder & DIRT CHEAP to load with GCCB/inexpensive bulk powders.

Yours, TMN78247


157 posted on 07/21/2020 9:24:43 AM PDT by TMN78247 ("VICTORY or DEATH", William Barrett Travis, LtCol, comdt., Fortress of the Alamo, Bejar, F'by 241836)
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To: apillar

It will be the country/rural America against the commie cities. Stop the trucks into the cities, and they will implode.


158 posted on 07/21/2020 9:24:55 AM PDT by matthew fuller (we're "blessed to have a leader" like Trump. Goya CEO)
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To: matthew fuller

So you believe that resupplying the Patriot households in the bigger cities is UNIMPORTANT to “the common defense”??

Yours, TMN78247


159 posted on 07/21/2020 9:28:32 AM PDT by TMN78247 ("VICTORY or DEATH", William Barrett Travis, LtCol, comdt., Fortress of the Alamo, Bejar, F'by 241836)
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To: NFHale

Lead tire/wheel weights too.
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Full metal jackets or even non-lead bullets although one would have to take into account different and perhaps less effective ballistics. I would opt for heavier metals for the range and impact energy.


160 posted on 07/21/2020 9:29:32 AM PDT by joegoeny ("Nuts!")
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