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In reply to the discussion: If there is a Civil War II, and we win ..... [View all]sarisataka
(18,600 posts)43. Chechnya, Georgia and Ukraine,
Among others, might dispute the notion that the breakup of the USSR led to little violence.
I fear any attempt to break the US into separate countries would look far more like the dissolution of Yugoslavia, but with far less clear cut geographic divisions.
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Shake hands, tell them all is forgiven, let them destroy us again next century
FiveGoodMen
Jan 2020
#1
WSell if we don't win, what do we do? If we do, do you really think tRump will just accept the
KPN
Jan 2020
#30
It should be east and west, then each get a tropical part of the current country. nt
Blue_true
Jan 2020
#21
The fire back part is key. Those pinheads don't realize that a civil war won't be a shooting
Blue_true
Feb 2020
#62
I think it will be a peaceful dissolution of the union... into 2 or perhaps 3 smaller republics.
NurseJackie
Jan 2020
#14
Not worth discussing, because there won't be. Except at the ballot box.
scheming daemons
Jan 2020
#26
One thing is make sure that all the politicians that backed this coup are severely punished.
Kablooie
Jan 2020
#28
I agree we can't let these politicians get away with this. We can't be soft with these traitors
dustyscamp
Jan 2020
#31
Imagine on the eve of Civil War 1, that the POTUS was a Southern plantation owner & not Abe Lincoln
Hekate
Jan 2020
#41
An amicable partitioning, without war, is the only rational solution I can foresee.
SuprstitionAintthWay
Jan 2020
#40
Never. Do you know the history of the partitioning of India and Pakistan? Best read up on that.
Hekate
Jan 2020
#42
I do know it. Do you? Fortunately for us the history of Republican
SuprstitionAintthWay
Jan 2020
#48
Okay, just prepare yourself for the reality that nobody wants to actually move...
Hekate
Feb 2020
#50
... depending on the "outcome" of the electoral votes. Maybe not so quick.
JustABozoOnThisBus
Feb 2020
#58