AMERICANS IN A CIVIL WAR. WHERE WOULD CANADA STAND?
MacLean's magazine explores America's violent history and what current political components could lead to a civil unrest.
"Many Americans are dissatisfied with the Trump administration, which, in turn, has responded with escalating violence, locking both sides into a vicious cycle of hostility. Most recently, of course, Trump sent 3,000 ICE and Border Patrol agents to Minneapolis. As thousands of protesters gathered on the streets, federal agents used increasingly aggressive tactics that culminated in the murders of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti."
Americans are more armed than every before in history.
"Gun-owners are everywhere in the U.S.—mostly Republicans, but not exclusively. And citizens have organized armed resistance against the government before: in Waco, Texas, in 1993, a gun battle broke out when federal law enforcement officers tried to serve search and arrest warrants for illegal weapons to the Branch Davidian cult. The result was a 51-day siege that ended in a fire that killed 76 people."
"In 1954, after the Supreme Court ruled that school segregation was illegal, the city of Little Rock resisted, and the Arkansas National Guard blocked nine Black students from entering the school in 1957. In response, President Eisenhower sent U.S. Army troops, who escorted the students to school. This dynamic repeated a few years later in Alabama over the desegregation of the state’s universities. This time, John F. Kennedy called in the army to ensure that Black students could safely enroll in classes."
Let's not forget the Kent State University shooting of students. The Ohio National Guard killed four students and injured nine others.
Or the Watts Riots and Rodney King Riots 'When the riots ended, 63 people had been killed,[7] 2,383 had been injured, more than 12,000 had been arrested, and estimates of property damage were over $1 billion.'
America's history is marred by gun violence. With the Trump administration's draconian policies this analysis could become reality.
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As a former American I can see this happening. Just look at the history of the military involvement in various civil unrests and with the anger generated by Trump, America is ripe for civil war.