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I see real chance that this is Civil War 2 in the making.
let them shit or get off the pot, then. MAGA has been trying to extort us with the threat of civil war for years now.
You don't want civil war or even cession in a country loaded with nukes. That shit tends to spill.
Also, this would inevitably lead to Christian extremists with access to nukes which will lead them to immediately believe that they were chosen by God to use them
How are the Christian extremists in this scenario going to launch the nukes it's not just a button that you press that says "go".
Right? In fact, to the contrary, it's a super complicated and locked down process and the people who are meant to actually execute it are among the most highly-trained and vetted in the US military and are obliged to pass an ongoing series of exams in order to maintain eligibility for service on the nuclear arsenal.
Come now, people here believed Trump had the actual launch "codes" in the papers at MarALago. They aren't going to fall for your complicated explanation.
There was that report that the folks that are stationed at our missile silos sleep on the job and leave shit unlocked. It is not unreasonable to think a concerted group could get ahold of nuclear material if not the actually missiles. A dirty bomb is still scary
Like these guys have the brains they probably irradiate themselves, saving everyone else the trouble.
They've not exactly demonstrated themselves to be capable of high level concepts have they? I mean so far they've essentially wondered around inside a ineffectively guarded building. The hardly military strategists.
But in Modern Warfare 2, all I had to do was go into a Russian sub and hit the launch button! Sarcasm obviously
They will get access to warheads. I'd they get access to codes (could be) they can fire them immediately. If they don't get the codes, they still have the fucking warheads that are "relatively easy" to disassemble and made to explode in an alternate way. Once you have hands on access, that's it.
Gilead demands compliance
I don't want it, no. But the only two possible answers to extortion are to give up all of your power permanently to the person making the threats or to call them on it.
Doubtful too fat, lazy and old and we whooped the racists in the last one anyway. We’ll fucking do it again.
And even before that, none of these wingnuts can even agree with each other within their "own" side. Even the January 6th insurrection attempt was complete disorganized chaos, and that clusterfuck was the closest they ever got to being organized. They'll spend more time bickering and turning on each other for dumbshit reasons ("Look, this guy is wearing elevator shoes!") than accomplishing any actual objectives. I'm sure lone fuckheads can cause localized destruction and chaos here and there if they felt like it, but that'll never amount to an overthrow of anything.
I’m also not convinced most of the people there on Jan 6 expected to actually accomplish anything. Most seemed just like idiot hooligans who wanted to fuck shit up. They didn’t have any clue what they’d do long term.
I think you're right. Most of the Jan 6 seditionists were just there to have a rally. Most. Some legitimately traitorous people planned to do some heinous shit under the cover of the mob. That's why it was allowed to get out of control; it was part of the plan.
They are like the Hitler youth without the charismatic leader. They would be a useful tool for someone to seize power, but they'd have to be organised and no one really seems to exist that can do that. The only person they actually listen to isn't smart enough to think of a whole sentence in one go.
He's definitely not going to be the charismatic leader to organise the unwashed masses.
Who will win in a fight 400 annoying angry rednecks or one tank?
Yeah that's a tough one
Of course, everyone in the military is perfectly stable non-violent person with no extreme views and opinions.
Largely, they obey the chain of command. And for better or worse, the highest ranks of the military have shown to be downright level-headed on the topic of there never being a military coup in the US.
The senior officer corps is dominated by highly-competent and committed individuals who absolutely despise Trump for many very obvious reasons. He may have some popularity among the enlisted ranks, but they aren't the people who know how the machinery operates on a macro scale. Real warfare requires coordination on a massive scale and nobody outside of the Pentagon is in any position to make that happen. Do you know how to command a carrier group or an infantry division? Do I? The only people who do are elite high-ranking officers.
In coventional warfare, the tank probably wins, but modern civil wars are asymmetrical. Just look at Syria and Myanmar, two countries that have tanks and fighter jets.
Yeah, but as long as you are looking at stuff take a gander at the gravy seals who use the 5XL size camo vest and who will give up as soon as they run out of cheetos.
The rednecks if at least one of them knows about explosives.
It's going to take a lot more than a homemade pipe bomb to get through the armour of a tank, assuming they don't blow themselves up in the process of making it they would then have to actually get near the tank, which I don't think they'd be able to do.
Anyway most of them are delusional but they actually have lives back home They're not going to risk their own life. January 6th was different because they essentially got no pushback, most of them just wandered around and yelled things they didn't really contribute in any real way. The moment their lives are at risk I suspect their enthusiasm would rather evaporate.
Could go for the engine, barrel, or the tracks.
Take making?
my bad
It's all good fam, it happens to the best of us. No worries
I dunno, if that laughably inept shit he pulled on Jan 6 was his beer hall putch I don't think this guy could manage a civil war. You may be giving him too much credit.