Reply #19: I'm about 80% sure...

[Mythsaje]

There are forces here that would certainly strike back and there are barely enough cops to keep them under control as it is. Any National Guard response would be severely underpowered.

They think pacifying Iraq is hard? Wait until they try America on for size. Even if the middle class swallows it whole, there are segments of our society who are already armed, and would have NO reason to bend over for the fascists. And it would take one or two incidents to change how the community saw them.

Now if some ganger-bangers get into it with the police, the people support the police. Under martial law, I'm not sure that would be the case. Not with THIS asshole in charge.

And how many cops would quit rather than participate? Maybe not a large percentage, but some.

They'd be playing with fire.