KamaAina (57,915 posts)
Could there ever be a Civil War II?
All this defiance of federal authority from Roy Moore, Joe Arpaio, etc. makes me wonder. Who would arm the new Rebels? Russia?
dissentient (409 posts)
1. Sure, why not. As to who would arm them, think closer to home
Fox news, for one. And many other right wing corporations.
world wide wally (1,845 posts)
3. The Emporer of Texas, Rick Perry, would be my guess
sadoldgirl (827 posts)
7. Somehow I doubt it.
The powers that be will not allow for it to happen.
Remember the OWS groups? They were crushed
very efficiently and the MSM attacked them right
away. Besides, it would not be regional, which
would make it into a totally chaotic rebellion.
Paladin (12,037 posts)
9. I think a second civil war is a depressing likelihood. (nt)
appalachiablue (1,179 posts)
15. +1. I think we've already entered it, unofficially sorry to say.
Lurks Often (3,632 posts)
10. Possibly, let's hope not
The two most likely things to start it could be:
States refusing to obey or enforce an objectionable Federal law and actively preventing Federal law enforcement from enforcing that law within the state.
A President declaring martial law without sufficient cause and the states rebelling.
The wild card is the active duty Army and Marines and whether they will back the Federal government, back the state government, remaining out of it completely or splinter with units going to both sides.
My expectation is that the Air Force and Navy would remain out of it, I can't see either branch ordering missile strikes or air strikes against U.S. citizens and neither branch has enough trained people or equipment to engage in significant ground combat.
edhopper (12,456 posts)
13. No
because this time we should just let them go.
Without federal subsidies they would all wither.
meow2u3 (16,146 posts)
16. I think we're on the brink of another civil war
All it will take is for HRC to be elected President and the sexist pigs on the right would completely go off the rails to the point of kidnapping, raping, and killing women, a la Boko Haram and ISIS.
States refusing to obey or enforce an objectionable Federal law.....
edhopper (12,456 posts)
13. No
because this time we should just let them go.
Without federal subsidies they would all wither.
Who would arm the new rebels? There are approximately 300,000,000 privately owned firearms in the U.S and, dam few are in your hands dummies. But, if FOX is passing out guns I would sure like a Colt AR.
If they're taking orders, I'd like a BAR.
sadoldgirl (827 posts)
7. Somehow I doubt it.
The powers that be will not allow for it to happen.
Remember the OWS groups? They were crushed
very efficiently and the MSM attacked them right
away.
Reality check...
If by crushed you mean heralded.
If by attacked you mean applauded.
Oh, and since we are submitting arms requests to FOX, put me down for a left handed Uzi, and a right handed TMP.
Yeah, WTF planet was that crazy old bat living on? The Occupoopers were treated with kid gloves and got press support from everyone but Fox and some strictly-local media who saw them as the nuisance they were. The filthy pigs should have been rounded up for public nuisance and trespass months before their idiot children-bum-and-malcontent crusade collapsed of its own laziness.
States refusing to obey or enforce an objectionable Federal law.....
Uh.
Didn't this begin happening under evil ol' George Bush, when certain Democrat-controlled localities refused to enforce immigration laws?
Uh.
Didn't this begin happening under evil ol' George Bush, when certain Democrat-controlled localities refused to enforce immigration laws?
All the deadbeats would flock to the Blue Banner.
Yes. Send wave after wave of this:
(http://www.districtadministration.com/sites/districtadministration/files/styles/crop-350x350/public/field/image/kids-texting.jpg?itok=SO6N4AjN)
after us. :lol: