This is my own speculation.
As we watch events in Washington unfold with breath-taking speed, the question begging to be asked is, "What next?" While it's impossible to predict in the current environment of rapid change and escalating confusion, one common theme has begun to float around the blogosphere. The theme is that of a false-flag pretext, a manufactured event that precipitates a national crisis permitting the adoption of draconian measures. Here is my speculation on the sort of event we should be prepared to see.
Those who see the American catastrophe as the ascension of Trump as an homegrown authoritarian dictator are drawn to the metaphor of the Reichstag fire of 1933. That fire, blamed on a young Dutch communist, was the pretext that cemented Hitler's grip on power.
Others (of which I am one) see the American catastrophe as a Duginist operation mounted to destroy the foundations of liberal, inclusive American democracy and eliminate its hegemony. In that case we could profitably look to the
1999 Russian apartment bombings and the
2004 Beslan massacre as models. Of course the situation in America is entirely different from that in Russia, so a false-flag pretext would look different from those events. It would be planned to take advantage of preexisting conditions here.
It is important to note that if this is the case, no liberal Western democracy is safe from interference, including and perhaps especially Canada.
Any speculation about such a pretext must begin with the possible goals. In the case of Duginism, the goals are clearly stated. They include the isolation of the USA within its geographic sphere of influence, creation of intense internal conflict, and the moral and ethnic cleansing of the USA.
Starting from that premise about the goals, we can imagine various pretexts that would promote them. I'm going to present a speculative event that would advance all of them simultaneously. And you can bet that if I can imagine something like this, Aleksandr Dugin is already several moves ahead.
My imaginary scenario can be stated quite concisely:
A coordinated, perhaps simultaneous, series of terrorist attacks take place in Washington DC. The attacks consists of three devastating bombings directed at a mix of upper-middle-class citizens and the government, and a major school hostage-taking similar to what happened in Beslan in 2004. The subsequent investigation reveals that the perpetrators are apparently Islamic jihadists who entered the United States from Canada.
If you think about the probable outcome, it's clear that such an event would accomplish all the stated goals, regardless of whether we face a homegrown Hitler or Duginist disruption:
* It would precipitate a ferocious pogrom on American Muslims, with enthusiastic participation by both official forces and private citizens. Anyone who does not look like a white European could become a target in the resulting internal warfare.
* It would permit the adoption of unlimited, unquestioned authoritarian powers by the President, similar to what happened in 1933.
* It would probably cause America to close its borders entirely, especially in the inbound direction.
* And finally, it would cast an enormous cloud of suspicion and animosity over Canada, and probably force our government to adopt more repressive policies. Anti-Muslim sentiments in Canada would grow like weeds in a vacant lot.
As a final thought, the optimal timing for such an event would be right after Congress starts talking seriously about impeachment.
Please keep your eyes, ears and mind open. Think carefully about what you see happening. We'll see where events take us.
Good luck everyone.
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