I could write about any of many things today, but the envelope into which the most recent events fit is the Second American Civil War.
Minnesota and California have practically declared themselves to be in insurrection. Excuse me, what did you say? President Trump cut a deal with Tim Walz? That’s nice. What’s been happening since then?
The insurrectionists are largely organized, though some are responding spontaneously. Some are native to the districts they trouble; others are bused in. They’re young and old, armed and unarmed.
They’re unified in one thing only: their opposition to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency’s attempt to locate, detain, and expel illegal aliens. President Trump has given ICE carte blanche to fulfill its duties. Some of what’s happened has struck even conservative observers as excessive. The insurrectionists have capitalized on the two deaths to date by shouting “Nazis!” at peak volume… mostly at ordinary private citizens.
There’s little point in trying to change the label. The American Left has gone to war against the Administration, the immigration laws, and the electoral system. What more is required to deem the Left in a state of insurrection?
The Left has gone “all in.” It has fully mobilized its financial and personal resources for the conflict. The Democrat Party, while giving lip service to “the rule of law,” is aligned with the insurrectionists. Indeed, its hope of political survival rests on their success.
There are only two ways to quell a rebellion: by surrendering to it, or by defeating it. Don’t expect President Trump to surrender to it. But defeating it will require more dramatic action than merely having ICE agents detain suspected illegal aliens and deport the ones who can’t establish that they’re here legally.
Blood has already been spilled. There will be more.
I hope the National Guard need not be dispatched to the loci of insurrection with free-to-fire rules of engagement. But it’s a real possibility. Were President Trump to federalize them and send them forth, would they be willing to obey his orders as Commander-in-Chief? It might require them to act against people they know, their neighbors.
This isn’t Armageddon yet. But things are not looking good. Stay tuned.
(For my views on the illegal-alien crisis, see this Baseline Essay.)
And it is so much more. The simplest explanation of what we are seeing is a battle between the far left/communist/socialist and our republic. This is to some extent about illegal immigration because that is a key part of the socialist agenda to take over the U.S. But it is also about gaslighting the Democrat base to vote in the midterms. This is war and most on the right simply don't know it yet. This is propaganda that would make Lenin proud. This is a fight for life or death because in all communist revolutions they must kill and imprison most of the opposition. If the Democrats win in the midterms and/or when they win in 2028 they intend to go full on Dr. Zhivago. They are tired of playing nice and they are afraid that Trump and MAGA have awoken something. There will be open warfare in the streets.
ReplyDeleteThe power brokers behind the activity on the street want us to focus on the individual foot soldiers and the mayhem that accompanies them. So we " pay no attention to the man behind the curtain." Remember when that despicable Obama character blathered In his unctuous cadence about an urgent need to create a civilian force equal to the United States military? What did this bespoke community organizer mean by that?
ReplyDeleteWhat we are witnessing is a color revolution come home to roost in our homeland. We have witnessed, with entertained horror, this very thing occurring in other lands far away through the various incantations of barely conscious news readers. But who among us would ever have thought this could ever happen in our fruited plain?
It is right out of the Communist playbook, memorialized by Saul Alinski and codified by our own CIA. The real battle is not on the front lines, where federal agents will eventually lose by dint of the sheer numbers and lawfare deployed against them. The battle which must be fought and won is at the beginning of the supply lines. Our own Green Berets are trained in this kind of warfare. They know it inside and out, back and forth. They have successfully played both sides of it. Our FBI, tainted as it is with the stain of Obama's handlers, has people and cadres who are very adept at teasing out the details of such operations. The United States is blessed with very skilled warriors who are excellent at dealing with the outcome of such investigations and putting a period dot Done to the bad actors, wherever they might be.
The heads of this snake isn't just Americans in America. The best of our best need to be turned loose on this problem.
America is in a fight for its life. We cannot afford the luxury of half measures.
The intent is well displayed.
ReplyDeleteThere can be no confusion as to the goal.