A difficult conclusion - it doesn't matter any more I know that this will not be popular, but I ask that you carefully consider this in the cold light of day and not thru parochial lenses.  I have commented several times previously that I am a hopeful skeptic….I don’t know if Q is real but I pray that there are still such men in America who will pledge “….our lives and our sacred honor” to freedom and to the Republic. However, I fear that it is now moot.  It appears to me that we have crossed the tipping point and cannot recover. Many here are looking forward to the next election, gleefully anticipating a landslide wipeout for the President. Those in opposition firmly believe that the fervor of opposition and outright hatred will provide a grassroots upsurge to propel them to consolidated power. I think both sides are living in echo chambers, listening and thinking only in the groupthink of their side. And the great chasm that is in our country will be worse, no matter who wins. We are no longer “One Nation Under God” but a country divided into warring clans and barely controllable tribes. I believe there is a really good chance that we descend into a real civil war. Extremists on both sides are agitating for one, convinced that this will cleanse the country of “those people”. There are two possible outcomes of the coming election and the scenarios for conflict follow. The election will light the fuse. The only difference will be the time it will take for the explosion. Scenario 1 posits that the President wins and is able to maintain at least control of the Senate. If that happens, or is extended further to the right, the election itself is the precipitating event and the left will immediately explode. Our cities will burn and there will be mass killings and migrations. The cities and some states will be un-governable. Scenario 2 is the opposite – the President looses. In this case I think the explosion will take longer because we have to wait for the precipitating event. The left will overplay their hand and there will be a standoff. But this time, there will not be a stand down order. It won’t matter who fires the first shot, hot heads on both sides will slobber all over themselves to have the confrontation. By the end of all of this, we won’t need to worry about Russia or China or Blue Helmets occupying the country. Mexico or Canada – hell maybe Jamaica – could take the country. America will become a third world (maybe second) failed state, and the Pax Americana will end. This civil war will have repercussions far beyond our shores. Get Ready.