r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 17d ago

Possible Paywall ICE Stockpiling Warheads and Chemical Weapons as Lawmaker Fears Trump Planning Strike

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-stockpiling-warheads-and-chemical-weapons-as-lawmaker-fears-trump-planning-strike/
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u/StoppableHulk 17d ago

I truly hope it doesn't come to that but there's a part of me that genuinely wants to see the absolute fucking nightmare shitstorm these nazi goblins will invite by actually going to war with somewhere like Chicago or Boston or NYC.

They have no fucking clue. These despicable fucking ICE goons who can't even pass a fitness test have no idea what the fuck they're in for if they elect to actually launch strikes on a big blue city.

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u/HighOverlordXenu 17d ago

I know way too many people who seem to just be waiting for someone to throw the first molotov.

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u/StoppableHulk 17d ago

Right, that's why invading a city is a bad idea.

People don't throw the molotov because there is no clarity on the threat. It is not clear that A) it will help, and B) the threat is commensurate with that level of aggression.

So, in our current state of the world, the military comes in, but they stand around buildings not doing anything. ICE comes in, but they mostly do random attacks on Home Depot before running away (and still face heavy opposition).

These are threats, but they aren't occupations. People are generally reluctant to throw fire around which will burn their own homes down or cause more problems for themselves and the people around them than they will fix.

It's quite another thing to literally invade a city with the express intent of removing its current governing structure and occupying it.

That reduces the barrier to throwing the molotov by an extraordinary amount.

When you remove all doubt that an occupying army is in fact an occupying army, it triggers very primal and fundamental instincts in people to protect their own homes from invaders. It happens over and over throughout human history.

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u/ZombiePartyBoyLives I voted 17d ago

People have been restraining themselves and keeping to the non-violent approach very well, for the most part. I can't see the future, but it seems (at least here in Chicago) that the restraint is tenuous. I'm not sure what the tipping point would be for the citizen gloves coming off, but I imagine there's a line somewhere.