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2022-07-04 -Land of the Free

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Posted by BrerRabbit 2022-07-04 06:16|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11125 views ] Top

#1 Third. The War for Independence also featured Americans fighting Americans - See battle of King's Mountain.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-07-04 08:39|| 2022-07-04 08:39|| Front Page Top

#2 The Second American Civil War formally ended in April 1865, although hostilities continued off & on for decades.

Posted by Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2022-07-04 10:47|| 2022-07-04 10:47|| Front Page Top

#3 It will start with more assinations and mysterious deaths. Judges and LEO will be first. Followed by media. 2028-30 is not that far away.
Since the left is endorsing violence and mob rule I expect war to happen sooner.
Individual shooters, blue and red will pick off protesters until each side arms itself. Then competing protests will shoot it out.

Posted by Xyz 2022-07-04 10:54|| 2022-07-04 10:54|| Front Page Top

Individual shooters, blue and red will pick off protesters until each side arms itself.

That may happen, but will not be all that common. What will become more common are "random" shootings that obscure personal vendettas, your basic 3rd world approach to settling scores & upholding one's "honor". Crowds of people gathering together for any reason, or no reason, will be targeted.

Posted by Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2022-07-04 10:59|| 2022-07-04 10:59|| Front Page Top

#5 An interesting piece. I pray that he is wrong.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-07-04 11:01|| 2022-07-04 11:01|| Front Page Top

#6 Both sides can put the "Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways" to good use.

Posted by DooDahMan 2022-07-04 11:05|| 2022-07-04 11:05|| Front Page Top

#7 I see it differently. The left will continue to be violent at the same time their ideals are exposed as horribly toxic. They will get whipped badly at the ballot box for the next three elections. At every level down to dogcatcher. This will result in re-funding the police and thugs and Antifa types arrested and given long sentences.

This will result in a lot less violence.

Posted by ruprecht 2022-07-04 12:20|| 2022-07-04 12:20|| Front Page Top

#8 Any planning of future branches and sequels would see the 22 and 24 election outcome as key trend nodes. If the great Red Reset fails, especially if it fails through fraud, this happens.

The doughnut-ring suburban-rural interface would be the front lines, as would key transit nodes that feed the blue urban cores. As long as it retains the characteristics of low-intensity conflict and absent OCONUS players onshore, siege tactics 101 should be a focus for future thinkers. Just imagine a Mad Max version of the double circumvallation of Alesia for Sacramento.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-07-04 12:28|| 2022-07-04 12:28|| Front Page Top

#9 Large Blue cities import food and fuel. Some of them still make things, but generally stuff comes from somewhere else. Control of supply lines would be key. See Rus v Ukr 2022, for example.

Posted by SteveS 2022-07-04 13:06|| 2022-07-04 13:06|| Front Page Top

#10 Well, we just had a mass casualty even at a 4th of July parade in Highland Park... wait for it.. Illinois! My grandma might literally crawl out of her grave over this one.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2022-07-04 13:17|| 2022-07-04 13:17|| Front Page Top

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