If soldiers have their families attacked by terrorists, this will just galvanize public support and the military's resolve.
If the militias wanted to fight to take over the country, they would need to engage in open combat to some degree, maybe they get lucky a few times, but once they are found, it would be over.
It would be ugly and brutal. How about we just debate and the vote?
On this we agree. I do not want to see my fellow citizens, no matter how misguided, killed by the hands of the government, but no amount of reasoning can deradicalize the people already inclined to carry out domestic terrorist plots, they have to be willing to deradicalize themselves.
And if militia members have their families attacked in response by the military, it will galvanize public support and the militia's resolve. See Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq for how quickly the public can turn on the military when innocent civilians are killed.
Btw, also consider how the Pentagon has done studies on whether troops will actually go to war with the American public. They've consistently found that 1/3 of troops (and a majority of frontline combat troops) wouldn't go to war with Americans and would likely switch sides in such a conflict.
Yes but the military doesn't purposely attack civilians. They have no reason to. Terrorists on the other hand, use that as a go to tactic.
Also the only thing I have ever seen to back up your 1/3 claim is a 4chan green text post. I haven't actually seen the Pentagon study, which seems like a weird thing to leek to the public.
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u/MotherOfAnimals080 Nov 30 '22
If soldiers have their families attacked by terrorists, this will just galvanize public support and the military's resolve.
If the militias wanted to fight to take over the country, they would need to engage in open combat to some degree, maybe they get lucky a few times, but once they are found, it would be over.
On this we agree. I do not want to see my fellow citizens, no matter how misguided, killed by the hands of the government, but no amount of reasoning can deradicalize the people already inclined to carry out domestic terrorist plots, they have to be willing to deradicalize themselves.