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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: Kaslin

41 posted on 07/21/2020 6:46:14 AM PDT by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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To: Old Yeller

Yup. Karens have been causing trouble long before they appeared in America.
LOL.


42 posted on 07/21/2020 6:47:03 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Kaslin

The most alarming thing to me is that the country as a whole is ignoring the two most glaring lessons of the immediate past.

They are:

The Russian fall to communism in 1917 and the fall of France to the Germans in 1940.

The lesson from each of those events is that a small group of determined people, in the first case, or a small group of gutless who hold public office, in the second case, can bring down an otherwise powerful country.

Today the United States of America is governed in large part by the gutless who are afraid to tackle the traitors and it will be a miracle if we do not meet the same fate.


43 posted on 07/21/2020 6:47:08 AM PDT by old curmudgeon (There is no situation so terrible, so disgraceful, that the federal government can not make worse)
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To: z3n
but I’d imagine something like the fall of Yugoslavia

I don't think so. Yugoslavia had ethnic groups that had been fighting for 1000 years. We don't have that here. Woke liberals are not an ethnic group, they are mostly soylent green. Blacks are not a cohesive ethnic group either, but some will form gangs. Same with hispanics.

I think the author has it mostly right, the elites will run it. Their shock troops and their useful idiots equals about 30% of the population. Our active resistance is probably another 30%.

44 posted on 07/21/2020 6:47:16 AM PDT by palmer (Democracy Dies Six Ways from Sunday)
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To: 1Old Pro

It’s 11:59 on Radio Free America; this is Uncle Sam, with music, and the truth until dawn. Right now I’ve got a few words for some of our brothers and sisters in the occupied zone: “the chair is against the wall, the chair is against the wall”, “john has a long mustache, john has a long mustache”. It’s twelve o’clock, America, another day closer to victory. And for all of you out there, on, or behind the line, this is your song. https://youtu.be/vPKp29Luryc

Wolverines!!!!!!


45 posted on 07/21/2020 6:47:28 AM PDT by itsLUCKY2B (?Borders, Language, and Culture.?)
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To: Kaslin

So do they think all of the ex-military veterans who are probably armed and still love America will just fall on their knees and surrender?


46 posted on 07/21/2020 6:47:58 AM PDT by antidemoncrat (uff)
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To: snoringbear

Shooting? I expect the Portland mob to disperse once the rain starts. It’s looking like Ted Wheeler and Kate Brown may let it continue that long.


47 posted on 07/21/2020 6:48:02 AM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: apillar

“The Troubles” scenario would be most likely. Unless the Democrats win the Presidency and the Senate, then all bets would be off.


48 posted on 07/21/2020 6:48:19 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Kaslin

Expect trouble in the months leading up to the election, culminating in Antifa and BLM trying to stop conservatives from voting.

How would they do that? Violent disruption (including bombing) of polls in heavily Republican areas. In Democrat areas, BLM people barring white people from entering.


49 posted on 07/21/2020 6:48:43 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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To: Kaslin
Or, you could get off your tin can and join the party............
50 posted on 07/21/2020 6:48:51 AM PDT by Salvavida
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To: Kaslin

“ But what I describe here is a plausible scenario.”

No, it’s not.


51 posted on 07/21/2020 6:49:00 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: Kaslin

That pretty much describes it.

Right now, it’s a coin toss.


52 posted on 07/21/2020 6:49:05 AM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Ikeon

Student finance changes are needed to reduce the supply of hard-core young leftists.

Loans might be made to colleges secured by their real estate and repaid by graduates as a percentage of annual earnings above the federal hourly minimum wage x 2000.

Marxist professors cut from university payrolls could get real jobs.


53 posted on 07/21/2020 6:49:23 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Kaslin

“The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.”—Proverbs 22:3


54 posted on 07/21/2020 6:49:29 AM PDT by avenir
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To: Da Coyote

” This will end only when their hurt is much greater than our hurt. It’s called war.”

Yup.


55 posted on 07/21/2020 6:50:11 AM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Kaslin
But the warning signs are all there, and they began appearing most visibly when Donald Trump became the Republican nominee for president.

The Deep State FBI and the coup plotters led by Mueller/Weismann already tried to overthrow Trump through a coup. In broad daylight.

56 posted on 07/21/2020 6:52:57 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: VanShuyten

This whole thread reads like a bunch of people that need to see a shrink, honestly.


57 posted on 07/21/2020 6:53:08 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Kaslin

“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.”

Doesn’t seem to me like those were places where the poorest people were the most likely to be grossly obese. Or were generally unused to hard physical labor outdoors in all weather. Or were the most entertained poor people ever. Seems to me like these are all pretty glaring differences.

Freegards


58 posted on 07/21/2020 6:53:19 AM PDT by Ransomed
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To: Da Coyote

His time will come, don’t worry about it.


59 posted on 07/21/2020 6:54:32 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin
Not all Democrat politicians will turn traitor...

I’m having a hard time finding any who have not done so already. Not even one mild condemnation of the actions of the mayors of Seattle and Portland from any Democrat office-holder...unless the MSM has completely buried the quotes. They stick together mindlessly.

60 posted on 07/21/2020 6:54:35 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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