Posted on 09/23/2020 3:30:47 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
The thought of Civil War has been in the minds of many people lately, on both sides of the political and cultural divide. This is not a thing to be wished for, though no one should kid themselves into believing it’s impossible either. Let us take a sober look at what such a conflict might entail.
To begin with, it would not look like the first American Civil War, which was essentially a war between two regions of the country with different economic interests. The divide created two separate countries, both initially contiguous, intact, and relatively homogeneous. The lines of demarcation now are only somewhat regional, and tend to correspond to differences between urban and rural populations, as well as differences of race and class. A second American Civil War would be much more similar to the Spanish Civil War, with the leftists dominating the cities and conservatives controlling the countryside. Conflicts of this nature, with enemies mixed geographically, are a formula for spontaneous mass bloodletting. India-Pakistan during the 1947 partition comes to mind as another modern example. Given an absence of legitimate government and the friction of proximity, ordinary people can be moved to settle grievances by killing one another without the need for governments to egg them on.
Some dimensions of a future civil war would be, I think, largely unprecedented. When lesser countries have imploded in violence in recent times, they have done so with most of the world around them still intact. There were other nations to offer aid, assistance and intervention, welcome or unwelcome. There were places for refugees to go. The collapse of the world’s remaining superpower would take much of the world down with it. A global economic crisis would be inevitable.
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Thanks for the heads-up, though. We do keep our seeds in dated paper envelopes. Enough to plant our entire yard twice.
The only drawback is trying to stock enough canning lids/bands.
The brass won’t— they’ll side with the neo-communists. But they may find that when they give orders for military intervention, almost no one will obey, and base commanders giving orders to assault conservative Americans may find themselves ignored, thrown in the brig or shot by their own men. The Joint Chiefs decide on strategy, the generals on operations, but the NCOs decide what, if anything, actually gets done.
Agreed,
Our odds are Good.
Yep. They have Rangers, Green Beanies, SEALs and others too. Some of these types of folks might jump in just for the sake of having nothing else better to do. Some will take it as a challenge to train up American guerrilla forces.
I think this will look more like the movie The Purge at first. Roving bands of militia (from both sides) everywhere for a long while, killing everything that doesn’t look like them.
After that the no-go zones will be established and it’ll cool off. How our government and Industries survive that... I have no clue. One side might have to be truly decimated.
Scary Sh!t for sure.
No. But most would vote for the preservation of gun rights (if they are paying attention at all).
If our military falls into a state of disarray, it will be an invitation for our enemies to attack.
So if California, Vermont, and Oregon were to decide to secede with the full support and assistance of, say, China, you wouldn’t be against it?
Why throw China in that question? It is a stupid question. I’ll play so what would Chinese “assistance” look like?
“If our military falls into a state of disarray, it will be an invitation for our enemies to attack”
The Navy Nuclear Submarine program will never be in “disarray”. It’s not an option in that world. Any enemy attack would be a very bad idea.
Just why do you think that is?
You stupid are you?
You let your hate over take your reasoning.
There are only two absolute rules to war:
Rule #1 = people die
Rule #2 = only God can change rule number 1
I just think a lot of folks think their neighbors and others will "play by the rules".
I think we know that won't happen when you get real hungry.
I think the difference between what we have now and a proper “war” is that every killing isn’t going to be adjudicated to death in a war. Now, if you defend yourself with a firearm, even if you don’t shoot anyone, you get indicted, your firearm is confiscated, and you have to appeal to ever higher powers to get some leniency. In a hot war, people get shot, many offensively, and we go about our business killing more of the opponent with nary an eye blink.
Sad to say, those days are gone.
You are correct.
2016 was the last normal election this country has had.
I’m assuming the Navy will remain more or less intact. They can control the information being received by ships at sea. The submariners in particular (especially in the SSBNs) won’t know anything. Air Force strategic forces are unlikely to be engaged domestically, unless someone is foolish enough to try to steal a nuke. Russia would probably immediately threaten Europe, but the US mainland is still relatively remote.
I’ve been buying them abundantly for years.
Look into Tattler reusable lids.
I have some I used on some applesauce one year just to try them out and see how long they’d last.
I set a couple jars aside for the trial.
Going on 12 years now and they are still working.
Reminds me of *One Second After* when they are dealing with the roving hordes from the breakdown of the cities.
You don’t think those States will start looking for help with money and supplies (weapons, food) if the break from the rest of the country? Who could be the one entity that steps in to “help” these States? China! China is doing it in other countries on other continents as we speak. They would jump at the chance of getting a foothold in this area of the world, as they have been trying for years!
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