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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBE PREPARED TO SEE A MASSIVE TERRORIST ATTACK IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE
For those of you who have followed the posts that myself, GliderGuider, and AlexSFCA have posted in recent weeks, I want to make an observation and a prediction...
The current war between the IC and Trump's administration is nothing short of a stage setting for a massive terrorist attack that will pave the way for the American people to rally behind Trump out of fear... Just like after 9-11. The attack will be blamed on the dysfunction and communication breakdown between the IC and Trump. We will be asked and expected to put all other issues aside and follow in lockstep an administration that will make overt shows of "strength". Those of us who cry "foul!" will be derided and blamed for the dynamic that will be blamed for the attack. We are on the cusp of an overt police state. We are on the cusp of an event that will likely make 9-11 seem small by comparison.
The entire country is being gaslighted. Each side is rabidly beating the drum of their insulated perspective, with the acceptance of the respective platforms being held as a litmus test within the ranks of each side. We are ALL being played.
Be prepared. We are under attack intellectually, and the battle is about to turn physically violent.
Mark my words... It is coming.
I have personal responsibilities that will keep me busy for the rest of the day, so I won't be able to respond to questions until later this evening, but I wanted to go ahead and put this out there so it is on the record for when something happens.
I don't know that there is anything we can do to stop it at this point.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)Iraq said they will not support the dumpster...do you suppose...we have a "WAR Games" movie scenario (Robert Redford and Brad Pitt) - will we ever know???
2naSalit
(86,804 posts)I had considered posting something similar since early November.
sagetea
(1,375 posts)And thinking that maybe during a march or something where there will be much destruction and an outcry to invalidate the reason for doing the march. Every weekend that he leaves the Whitehouse, I think 'Well, this is it" I don't normally think this way, but the orange thing is not above it.
sage
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)It truly was.
That said, I get what you are saying.
KarmaKola
(78 posts)It is not beyond the treasonous Trump crew to try to pull off a Reichstag Fire - Gulf of Tonkin - 9/11 Attack - WMD scare. However, he has waged war upon the intelligence community, and they won't be as easy to set up as they were by George Bush.
Trump is now a wounded and dangerous animal that needs to be contained - he has the nuclear codes, and could go "postal" if threatened with impeachment.
BringBackBarack
(31 posts)When the bastard said something about it being "very, very important to him" to unify the American people and that he hoped to be doing that very soon. I didn't fall for it with 9/11, and I won't fall for it this time.
GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)Because some Congresscritters are beginning to talk about impeachment and the IC is pushing back against Trumpco, we have entered the zone of maximum danger.
The issue Trumpco faces is that the skepticism is now so high that it would take a major shock to line enough people up behind him.
I don't think a provoked riot at Mar-a-Lago (speculated for this weekend) would do the trick. That would allow him to chip away at the freedom to protest, but it wouldn't swing public opinion significantly.
To do that will take an event on a much larger scale. A large truck bombing that was pinned on jihadis might do it. If it targeted a location with a high concentration of Trump supporters it could unleash the mobs in an anti-Muslim pogrom as well.
But the surest way to do it would be to have an even bigger event than that. The perfect tool would be a biological or radiological (dirty bomb) attack that was apparently committed by jihadis and apparently backed by Iran. Trump gets his powers, Tehran gets nuked, and the mobs rage across America - a major trifecta.
The big unknown for me at this point is whether Trumpco is capable of pulling something like that off, given their disarray and general incompetence.
Something wicked this way comes.
IamFortunesFool
(348 posts)...and his pal Putin, certainly is not. There are players loyal to Trump who can and will pull this off.
I'll be back later to rejoin the discussion.
Much love to you all...
Ciao!
GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)Putin's crew could easily have put the necessary preparations in place years ago, in anticipation of this possibility.
While I think this is beyond Trump's personal organizational capabilities at the moment, there is a supporting cast that is just as evil and far more competent.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)itcfish
(1,828 posts)ago, I called it another Northwoods Project
Butterflylady
(3,549 posts)The focus thus far has been on what is happening daily in the news. This is of course is normal. Meanwhile, the terrorist situation, which I'm sure is still on most peoples minds, is not getting much attention to the delight of terrorist organizations. For these groups comrade tRump is their poster boy. They could not be happier about what is going on with Russia. After all it takes the spotlight off of them. So, with the attention not there, they will take advantage of any opportunity they have to cause a devastating attack.
As the saying goes "when the cat's away, the mice will play," so while the cat's always on vacation in Florida, what a better time for the mice to do their dirty work.
p.s. Of course this will all be Obama's fault.