[Nuc1]

"Certainly this was a skirmish between Left and Right, but we are not at WAR with our FELLOW AMERICANS."

This was not a skirmish between "left and right." This was an open display of contempt for what is good an decent in the world. The people who did this are not Americans regardless of the accident of their birth. The people in the crowds are not protesters. They are perpetrators of sedition and treason. And make no mistake, we who value the God given rights of man, we who demand justice for all, and freedom exercised with personal restraint and respect for the rights of others are very much in a WAR WITH THESE PEOPLE. Having lived through the sixties I could not disagree with you more.

[atomic conspiracy]

If leftist agitators do succeed in provoking another Kent State, the shooters this time around are more likely to be private citizens than soldiers or cops. This would add a new and unpredictable dimension to the response, one the lefties and their allies are completely unprepared to confront---it is just not part of their script since it did not happen during Vietnam protests.

9-11 and the physical presence of foreign enemies in this country bring the war home to Americans in ways the VC and NVA never did.

This might happen in response to, say, vandalism of private property by a mob (as we saw many times during anti-WTO riots) or a mob attack on an outnumbered counter-demonstrator or soldier. In these situations, one shot can easily lead to a massacre.