“...the tripwire signaling the onset of intolerable abuses....”
Basically, it signals that they are willing to KILL as many American Citizens as they need to to accomplish their goals.
That thought alone should be intolerable to anyone who calls themselves American.
That thought alone should have blood boiling all over the country, and set peoples’ hearts to stone against anyone advocating it.
You might even call them Killers Without Conscience.