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History Professor Warns America: 2016 Election Could Prompt Civil War [VIDEO] |
2016-10-27 |
[Daily Caller] A professor who specializes in the Civil War appeared on a special edition of "The Jim Bakker Show" last week to warn America that the 2016 presidential election could lead to another secessionist melee. "I’m a civil war historian," the Montreat College professor, William Forstchen, explained by way of introduction. The U.S. election of 1860 "is the closest I can parallel this to," Forstchen said. "And we all know what the price was," the professor then said. "When we went to a civil war, they killed 660,000 young men because we became so divided." |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#9 Odds & ends about Kent State 1970:It also turned out that the FBI had its own informant and agent-provocateur roaming the crowd, a part-time Kent State student named Terry Norman, who had a camera. Mr. Norman also was armed with a snub-nosed revolver that FBI ballistics tests, first declassified in 1977, concluded had indeed been discharged on that day. |
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2016-10-27 22:08 |
#8 Why don't you count the shootings at Kent State? Hell they were as American as you and me, they got offed by by morons. |
Posted by: Shipman 2016-10-27 16:40 |
#7 49 Pan, Google us troops firing on civilians. There have been several incidents in US history, from the Whiskey Rebellion in 1791 to the eviction of the Bonus Army in 1932. I don't count the Kent State shootings in 1970. The issues and sides are not as clear cut as they were in places like Hungary where the troops joined the protestors. Enlisted troops are trained to follow orders, as they should be. If the lieutenant says "Fire!", they fire. The question is whether the lieutenant would give the order. |
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2016-10-27 13:59 |
#6 We said VES. The chances of the US Military firing on civilians is low. They know our fight is not with them, we are both fighting for the constitution. I will find it difficult for commanders and senior NCO's to be willing to fight civilians, who would most likely be ex military. Ya, I assume now that I'm thinking on that line, which I hate to BTW, there might be an initial fight or event before cooler heads in DOD take control. This entire discussion is both disturbing and frightening. |
Posted by: 49 Pan 2016-10-27 13:08 |
#5 "A riot is an ugly ting...and I tink it's about time we had vun" - Young Frankenstein |
Posted by: Warthog 2016-10-27 10:17 |
#4 Appears there is already one going on professor. |
Posted by: JohnQC 2016-10-27 08:48 |
#3 No matter who wins this upcoming election.it seems to be assured that the margin is going to be very close, to marginal. Unless there is some ( miraculous ) landslide for either one or the other candidate, the other side is going to squeal "FOUL". ....and the result will be a continued and perhaps endemic sense of " lack of Legitimacy" for at least half of the population of the country. The military IS politicized whether we like it or not. The mere fact that some military leadership are saying "steady, steady"...confirms the feeling of the common military leadership. They are only human and they are the true patriots ( men who have laid their lives at the disposal of their country and will offer up everything for the nation ). They also take an Oath to the Constitution. It may become obvious that that Oath may be in question to some corrupt politicians. The Military may be the fallback to an Election's veracity. Hard Choices may be necessary. The American people are not being asked by the present administration about immigration. They are lied to and forced to comply in a multitude of ways. They are out of work. Their dreams are stifled. And that populace is well armed. The govt. IS actually afraid of the American population....and the military at some point may decide to not fire on the people...as in the Hungarian revolt. All it takes is a single spark. Or shall we be docile and accept that Black Lives Matter more than ALL lives matter ? And that America IS threatened by Elites and crooks. How long do you look away? At what point does neutrality become complicity. They left you to die in Benghazi. And then spit on you. |
Posted by: Victor Emmanuel Slimp9732 2016-10-27 07:30 |
#2 It may be a feature, not a bug. The |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-10-27 07:11 |
#1 So, maybe Hillary & Co should try to make their voting fraud less egregious? |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-10-27 06:27 |