Comments by "Tony Wilson" (@tonywilson4713) on "Is a Civil War Actually Possible on January 20?" video.

To ALL: I think David is partly wrong here because he's comparing the term "civil war" in the frame work of a the classical concept of war - this side from this place versus that side from that other place. In the modern context however civil wars are not that, they are something else. Thomas started this with the words terrorism and insurgency and if you look at the most recent major civil war in Syria both of those things were and still are present. Its a civil war for sure but it is not a classical civil war of this side from this place versus that side from that other place. I met a Syrian taxi driver in Sydney Australia a few years ago and I asked him if that I was right that "so long as other countries like America and Russia were involved the Syrian people could never solve their own problem." He told me yes except I was totally wrong in that it wasn't just America & Russia it was at least 8 countries including Iran, Saudi, Turkey and Israel all in there supporting different factions. Plus in the middle of that was Isis. So the civil war was not one of 2 distinct identifiable sides. For sure every faction was either pro-government or anti-government but in the middle was Isis who were anti-everybody. That will be the problem if there is a civil war in America. It wont be a simple this side from this place versus that side from that other place. It will be a mish mash of factions in various locations. Some with strong links to others while some will have no links to anything else. If it really descends into chaos don't be surprised if there are so many sides no one knows what side they are on or who is the enemy. The only thing anyone will know for certain is that if America descends into chaos the only 2 people we know who will be happy are Trump and Putin. Trump because he's a selfish narcissist who has the childish mindset that "If I can't have it, I'll smash it so no one else can." And Putin because he's also a selfish narcissist who blames America for the fall of the Soviet Empire which is BS because the Russians did it to themselves just as America is doing this to itself. To All - Take Care & Stay Safe.
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@ahrifox2592 Never forget that one man's terrorist is another mans' freedom fighter. I think you'll find the more accurate description of a terrorist is - a person who performs specific acts of violence designed to elicit fear and terrorize a population into submission. Although labelled terrorists neither BLM, ANTIFA nor Trumps supporters are really terrorists, because even thought they are committing violent acts they are NOT doing them with the intent of terrorizing the population into submission. Yes they all have committed acts of violence and vandalism but they didn't (or haven't yet done) something like what Timothy McVeigh did in Oklahoma City where its clear part of his intent was to terrorize. Even if you look at the recent bombing in Nashville its nothing like what happened in Oklahoma City and it has caused debate as to what acts get labelled as what. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Nashville_bombing But Note: The Trumpists are very close to stepping over that line with threats of civil war, because those threats are intended to scare people.
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