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Fifth Column
How Close Is the U.S. to Civil War? War Correspondent Michael Yon Is in Portland to Find Out
2020-10-18
[PJMedia] So, will civil war naturally follow the pandemic and the shortages we’ve already seen in the U.S., and will Portland be ground zero? "I think there’s many ground zeroes," Michael Yon said, "because we have many different conflicts brewing, and some are not actually related to each other. [Antifa
...the armed wing of the Democratic Party...
 is] trying to push it as far as they can. Obviously, it’s an old technique. We’re all very well aware of the methods. They have injured more than 200 of the law enforcement officers down here just in Portland [federal and local]. We’re never more than one night away from a few people getting killed down there and then this thing spills out. It’s a wonder, actually, it hasn’t happened in a big way yet. It kind of feels like it’s right there."

"The conditions have become ripe, the sunlight’s there." Yon said. "This is how groups form not just in the United States, but all around the world. This is how, when I was involved in the Thai fighting, covering that, it was about 80 different groups. You can’t even keep track of their names because there’s always more. They’ve been attacking so many people, they’ve murdered here, they’ve done arson. They’re destroying businesses, harassing people on the street, getting people fired from their jobs."
Posted by:trailing wife

#6   It is sad that these vile people control the governments of these places, and no sane people even try to replace them.

The voters elected them, and the people running against them are even worse, so the sane ones are moving out.
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-10-18 21:55  

#5  There are standard ways to handle riots and to prevent looting, such as tear gas, and they are not being used because the authorities refuse to allow their use. Apparently these authorities sympathize with the anarchists and have no sympathy to the businesses destroyed by the rioting and looting, and lasting damage they are apparently purposely causing the cities they control.
It is sad that these vile people control the governments of these places, and no sane people even try to replace them.
Posted by: daniel    2020-10-18 21:43  

#4  ...see if they can survive as a island...

Look how well CHAZ / CHOP worked out. They learned so much. They'll do it right next time. Heard that one before?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-10-18 07:41  

#3  ...yep, see if they can survive as a island or acknowledge they've become a very painful infected pimple. They appear to need a 'time out'.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-10-18 07:06  

#2  If they do elect the "I am blamtifa" mao-che-stalin skirt wearing freak as their next mayor, cordon sanitaire is the only way to go. They should get what they vote for, good and hard, but that doesn't mean anyone outside the city limits should have it inflicted on them.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-10-18 06:52  

#1  A couple of years ago down in the deep South a Southern Baptist preacher annouced that the church needed to begin sending missionaries to the northwestern states of Oregon and Washington. He said in our town down here there is a church on every corner. In the northwest not so and where Judeo-Christian influences are weak, the tendency for chaos in society is strong. In those states there are no politicians now. Only Warlords.
Posted by: Vespasian Ebbereng3110   2020-10-18 02:53  

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