There is no looking forward before facing the present. Here is what some of our leaders are reluctant to say out loud. We are already in a (for the moment) “cold” Civil War growing in America, and it will advance, not dissipate, if not directly confronted. I suspect some of our legitimate leaders (not the coup co-conspirators) fear disturbing a hornets nest by moving too forcefully against insurrectionists, and their “handlers”, now. It is too late to be deterred by that specter
Yes, there is reason to be concerned. Forceful actions taken against sedition now will, in the short run, inflame conspiratorial passions, and embolden white supremacist and neo-Nazi forces to believe that the hour of reckoning for their long wished for Race War in America has finally arrived. A determined crack down on these traitors in America will trigger some of them to further violence, some of it out in the open, some of it done covertly, more akin to the Oklahoma City bombing.
I believe that further violence now is inevitable. That die is already cast. The question now is just a matter of timing and scale. A failure to disturb the hornet's nest now only gives time for more hornet's to breed, for more hornets to burrow into and undermine the institutions, including law enforcement on the local, state, and federal levels, that are the pillars upholding our democracy.
Right now insurrectionists are emboldened by their ability to brazenly occupy the Halls of Congress without facing death or any other serious consequences. They already felt emboldened by their ability to waltz into the Michigan State legislature armed to the teeth, in an overt act of intimidation of legislators attempted to do the people's business. That was the prelude to yesterday, and nothing that happened yesterday sent a message strong enough to deter them from further acts of sedition tomorrow.
The mob that occupied the Halls of Congress may have been relatively few in number, but they were in fact just the tip of an iceberg. Those who thought they would benefit from their actions, those who cheered them on or, even worse, worked “behind the scenes” to facilitate that insurrection, remain lodged in all layers and sectors of our society.
With Biden soon to be heading the executive branch overseeing the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security, and with Democrats about to control both branches of government, there will be nothing standing in the way of the full force of the United States government being brought to bare against the forces of sedition, if the will to do so is there, if the courage to do so is there. There no longer is a clear path toward peaceful reconciliation left before us to be taken. However it is still possible to nip sedition at a relatively early stage.
Like a cancer on the body politic, it has definitively been detected, and all of the recent stress tests on our democracy have confirmed the diagnosis. The only question that remains is how aggressively are we prepared to counter it? Metaphorically, will we employ strong chemotherapy, will we undertake surgery, or will we instead only prescribe some "beneficial herbs" in response to the grave illness that now threatens us?
If responsible governmental leaders, from all across the legitimate political spectrum, remain resolute in taking the strong steps needed to root out sedition in America, those who are fermenting it can still be isolated, and their toxic siren song, luring legions of suggestible potential followers toward their fascistic grip, can be successfully countered, before even more Americans become radicalized, before even more Americans become brainwashed.
We can fight sedition now, while victory can still be assured despite the regrettably inevitable collateral damage that will no doubt ensue, or we can fight sedition later, when victory can no longer be assured, when the damage suffered, and the deaths incurred, will be magnitudes higher regardless of the final outcome. That is the choice our leaders now face.