But if it hadn’t been for a split second of God’s grace, and a quarter of an inch, you wouldn’t be reading this article right now. So thank God for that.
The assassination of Donald Trump would not have brought social peace if someone didn’t think so. It would have caused terror the likes of which we have never seen in this country. You are reading this not because we are at war; you would be at war.
We don’t want this. We can’t have it. We shouldn’t have it. Not for ourselves, not for our children, not for our children’s children. In God’s name, it cannot be allowed.
Not Civil War 2.0. No, not so civilized. We should hope that the death toll stays at 620,000 as a result of such conflicts. Think Bosnia. Think Northern Ireland. Think neighbors killing neighbors instead of armies on the battlefield.
Earlier this year, Alex Garland’s film “civil war” appeared and people discussed it. That can’t happen here? Many critics complained that the film’s politics were too, or not hidden enough; some pointed out that Nick Offerman’s character is obviously and aggressively pro-Trump. Or maybe he was pro-Biden. Who knows? Matt Himes of The Blaze News panned the film, saying it “says nothing about the current political divide.”
As a close friend and colleague, I’m happy to disagree with him, and I believe Civil War has a lot to say about our current political divisions — just that the way it’s said is neither forthright nor compelling, much like the conflicts depicted in the film.
My impressions were basically the same as those of the British person who made this film. Let’s not do that.It doesn’t matter how or why things started, I can come up with a thousand reasons, some of which are good enough, but the result is the same.
Death. Misery. Poverty. Starvation. Plunder. Fear. Robbery. Torture. Fear. More death. More fear. More death. War of all against all.
Shortly before “Civil War” hit theaters, I asked another close friend to write me a warning to Americans. She had reason to know: She was a refugee of the Bosnian genocide, and now a full-fledged American. She replied, “Give me time to think about it.”
About a week later, she wrote: “Sorry, I can’t. I’m still too hurt.”
Bosnia was 30 years ago. Still freshTo me, that seems like enough warning.
We don’t want this. We can’t have it. We shouldn’t have it. Not for ourselves, not for our children, not for our children’s children. In God’s name, no.
But about a week ago we were walking very close to that edge. It could have happened in a split second, by just a few centimetres. Let’s not let that happen.
