• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    3 days ago

    If it comes down to Civil War, the military will be wildly fractured, and regional. Most of your daily danger will come from gangs of local marauders who will fancy themselves as militias. Those people can be handled with a bit of smarts and intelligence.

    Remember, MAGA always thinks they will win in one big punch. They never have a plan for the next steps, responses, consequences, etc., they never have a Plan B, and they ALWAYS think their opponent is Stupid, and will never anticipate their grade school playground plan. Use their virtuosic incompetence against them.

    • Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      I agree with you, but… ICE now has more officers than the FBI and a budget larger than the Marines. I guarantee they aren’t hiring for intelligence…

      If shit really hit the fan I’m sure the Republicans will bring in foreign powers such as Israel to back them up militarily.

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        3 days ago

        Yes.

        But my guess would be that almost every country, especially the US, is far to big to be governed by force. Spreading supply lines across a potentially hostile area of that size would be a nearly impossible task on its own… protecting all the industrial assets and natural ressources would be another.

        • Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world
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          3 days ago

          I agree the US would be ungovernable. There are soo many critical infrastructure targets. You could cut off a region and then roll up any loyal fascist forces with hot and run attacks.

          But it won’t be easy and it would be very bloody.