The Balkanization of America

by Ira Tabankin

  “Let me understand this, you’ve moved from impeaching the President to impeaching all of the senior government officials?”

  “General, that’s correct, once the process started; it became a snowball rolling down a mountain, it just kept growing. Name after name was added to the impeachment list. Hell, for a while my own name was on the list.”

  “Mr. Speaker, what can I do for you? I’m not an elected official.”

  “General, your name is the only one on a rather long list everyone agreed to, the reason I’m calling is to ask you to visit with us. Both the House and the Senate would like to meet with you.”

  “Mr. Speaker, I’ll discuss the situation with my chief of security and get back to you in 24 hours, I have a lot to think about.”

  “Thank you, General.”

  Chapter 9

  “President Lawson, our attack was successful. We caught the Americans by surprise. They’ve suffered a major loss, in fact, they didn’t expect our attack or they wouldn’t have lined up their armor in nice rows along the freeway leading to our border, we caught them with their pants down. I’d like permission to cross the border with troops and push them back five miles.”

  “General, us crossing the border with boots on the ground will be seen as an invasion, it’ll help the President stir up the country. There’re many cases where cruise missiles were shot against a target or bombers bombed a target back to the Stone Age, none of these was considered an invasion, boots on the ground will be. I have to decline your request. I know you have the best intentions and want to protect the Republic. All the people and I of the Republic appreciate that I don’t want to hand President Obsma a media victory. He’ll sacrifice the lives of his military if he can figure out a way to spin the story. You have permission to keep drones over their positions, if they start to move towards the Republic, you have permission to stop them, however, I’d appreciate you stopping them without boots on American soil.”

  “Yes Sir, I understand.”

  “General? Don’t be disappointed, I know you want to test your troops, this just isn’t the right time for it. I can’t allow the Republic to be drawn into the two front war, one with Mexico and one with America. Don’t spread your troops too thin. Keep an eye on the Americans and stop the Mexicans from invading.”

  “Yes, Sir.”

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  “General Brownstone, sir?”

  “Captain? What’s up?

  “Sir, Joshua is on the horn scrambler line one.”

  “Joshua, you old warhorse, I figured you’d learn about the call and be ready to put your two cents in, what do you know?”

  “General, calling me an old war horse in an insult to the horse. What do you think?”

  “I think not, here’s why, I’ve spent my entire life in the Marines, and what do I know about government except for following their orders.”

  “You couldn’t do worse than some we’ve both received orders from.”

  “Old friend, I’m used to giving orders, not working on creating compromises, I don’t think military officers make good politicians.”

  “Are saying Ike was a bad President or Washington?”

  “OK, I understand the point you’re trying to make. Washington had to take the job, he was a natural choice; Ike had the experience holding the allies together; he was a politician. Remember Andrew Jackson or Grant, they didn’t work out so well.”

  “Rod listen if you don’t do it, who will? Who will those fools pick? One of themselves, is that what you think the country needs?

  “It’s not legal for them to just reach out and pick someone; the country won’t accept it.”

  “Do you think the country is going to accept them impeaching a sitting President?”

  “I think the country is going to tear itself apart as soon as they announce the intent to hold a vote.”

  “Yup, so who’s going to be there as a backstop?”

  “You do it; you were always better at politics than I could ever be.”

  “Not me, my old friend, I’m too old, plus it’s you they asked. Listen, just take the position to stabilize the country, call for new elections then you can step down.”

  “My fear is once the vote is announced the country will tear itself apart; it’s on the tipping point right now, the period between the vote and the election could be fatal for the country.”

  “Are you going to do anything while you decide?”

  “Yes, I’m going to deploy my people to see if I can help the people hold on and fight back against the feds.”

  “You’re now prepared to commit to open warfare? Aren’t you the one who said the military should stay out of the fight?”

  “Yes, however, the fed’s aren’t playing fair.”

  “General, you didn’t earn the four stars you wore by thinking your enemy will play fair, I call bullshit on that comment.”

  “OK, you win, I was afraid we would get more people killed. The Patriots aren’t trained; they aren’t ready for all-out war.”

  “Rod, if they aren’t ready, then help them. They’re trying; they don’t have a master plan. They don’t know what to do when or even where it’ll do the most damage to the feds.”

  “I know, we’re starting tonight. Keep your eyes open for the results.”

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  “America we are Anonymous, do you realize that, in the thirty years, the Democrats have held Congress and or the Presidency; America’s budget rose from $900 Billion to $4.7 Trillion; the government is spending more money than exists in the entire world. It can never be repaid. America we are bankrupt; the world is bankrupt, the economic system is broken, we need a change, and you have to demand change. Your voices aren’t being heard. You need to take to the streets; you need to use force to force change.

  The President has to be stopped, or America will cease to exist. If America dies so does freedom. Sitting on your couch watching TV is not acceptable, Get up, if you don’t take America back, don’t expect someone to do it for you. If you don’t care about your children’s future remain on your couches, if freedom means something to you, get up now, go outside and tell the world you’re mad as hell, and you’re not going to take it anymore, do it now. If you do it, we will know; we will support you. We will blind the President’s people; they won’t be able to see you. You are all superheroes, GET UP, GO OUTSIDE, tell the world. To make it easier for you, there will be no television tonight, you’ve all been bad, you don’t deserve special treats, you are spoiled children, you will be treated as such until you show the world your country your freedoms mean something to you. We are Anonymous,”

  Television all over the country goes black. One by one, people get up and go outside; their neighbors meet them, and some never knew the people who lived next door to them. Tonight America wakes up; people start talking, and many try to understand each other. Television screens turn on; they are filled with sound bites of the President’s speeches. Every one of his lies is repeated until the sounds and the lies are burned into the viewer's memories.

  The CDF is also in the streets harassing people; they’re doing whatever they can to protect the President. In some cities, the police decide it’s safer if they stay away from the two groups. Norcross Georgia turns violent when twenty ex-Marines show up, wading into a riot between the Patriots and the CDF. The Marines change the dynamics of the battle so that the CDF loses, twenty CDF members are sent to the hospital, and fourteen of them end up in intensive care. In cities across the country, ex-military people enter the fray turning the tables on the CDF.

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  “Ron, everything is off the air, the only thing being broadcast is snippets of the President’s speeches and lies, videos of recent events with the media’s reporting showing the media lied on each story. The President must be going crazy.”

  “I bet he is.”

  “Brad, now you know why DC was built on what used to be a swamp, the original designers must have known what a mess the Federal Government w
as going to turn into.”

  “Ron, you’re right, by the way, what brings you over to visit us so early?”

  “I have received a message; we’ve been activated again, and we’ve been assigned a mission for tonight.”

  “A mission?”

  “Yes, let’s go for a walk, we’ll talk about it. By the way, do you still have that box that was delivered to you?”

  “Do you mean the one with the DHS uniform in it?”

  “The very same.”

  “Yes, by the way, it fits me nicely.”

  “Good, wear it tonight; I’ll meet you at location zebra at 0200. By the way, be armed, bring the ID card that came with the uniform.”

  “Are we being the feds tonight?”

  “We are.”

  “I like giving surprises.”

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  “Admiral, we have a mission tasking from General Brownstone; he’s planning a mission tonight, he asks if we can support with helicopter support, he’s also asked for electronic warfare.”

  “Location?”

  “Washington DC and the surrounding area.”

  “Tell the General, yes, ask the CAG (Commander of the Air Group) to see me.”

  CAG joins the Admiral on the flag bridge, “Captain, I have a mission tasking for you, read.”

  “Admiral, this is an easy mission. I’ll have the F/A 18G in the air from 0100; I’ll have a refueling plane on ready five, plus a second G on standby, Admiral, I’d like to put a small attack package on standby tonight, just in case the General needs more support than he thought he might require. A few Hornets armed with smart bombs might be the deciding factor.”

  “Captain, that goes beyond the support we’ve agreed to.”

  “Admiral, no it doesn’t, I have a number of people in the air wing who have volunteered to fly such missions, they’ve offered to fly without rank in unmarked planes; hence five hornets have been repainted in plain dark gray without any national markings. The President can’t prove they’re ours.”

  “Captain, where else could they have come from if not us?”

  “Shangri-La?”

  “Paint that on the aircraft, should drive the DHS crazy.” Both men break out laughing.

  At 0100, the electronic warfare Hornets launch, their mission is to block any communications or alarms coming from the night’s mission against the DHS.

  Chapter 10

  The result of the President’s class warfare are hundreds of the wealthiest have left the country. Canada welcomes them with open arms, when the wealthy leave, they close their businesses sell their homes, leaving tens of thousands unemployed for the government to support in their wake.

  President Obsma pushed the country into a race war. Anyone who disagreed with him for any reason is branded a racist, anyone who didn’t worship him is a racist, and anyone who didn’t pay their fair share, as determined by the President is a racist. Anyone who clung to their religion is a racist. He pitted minorities against whites; he formed the Citizens Defense Force made up mostly of inner city young to enforce his will against any who didn’t agree with him. Colleges across the country started banning white students from attending diversity functions, blaming the white race for all of the minority’s problems. Whites are blamed for the lack of minority high paying jobs, blamed for the lack of inexpensive homes, blamed for poor minority school test scores.

  The President whipped up his cry for more than fair treatment for minorities; schools were to apply two standards of discipline one for whites and one for minorities.He said the poor minority students had been held back and discriminated against their entire lives, and their communities are different from the white students, so different sets of rules should apply. These rules led to the further separation of the races. The more the President spoke about income inequality; the more, the lower tier minorities demanded more for doing less. Many communities reached the breaking point where gangs of both whites and minorities battled each other, some minority communities saw homes owned by whites burned, and minorities who lived in white middle-class communities saw their homes burned. A full-scale race war is boiling just under the surface, all it needed to explode and swallow the country were a few more speeches by the President, a man elected to unite the races, a man who did everything in his power to turn them against each other.

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  The Speaker takes to the floor of the conference, saying, “Fellow Representatives, I’ve spoken to the General; he has many concerns. His largest concern is there is nothing in the constitution that enables us, the Congress to select a President. He said, and he’s correct we have to follow the chain of succession, as such he’s suggested the Senate vote him to become a cabinet officer which would then place him into the line of succession, and he would then agree to assume the position until new elections are held.”

  The Representative from Harlem in New York City stands, “Mr. Speaker, fellow Representatives, I don’t think the General is the right person to hold our highest office, He is very pro-gun, he’s everything we’ve had before, he’s a military man, he’ll put us into new wars, and the biggest case against the General is how can we replace the first African American President with a white man?”

  The Speaker responds, “Mr. Representative shouldn’t we be selecting the best person for the job?”

  “We must select an African American so that our minority population will know we understand their plight.”

  The Speaker looks confused, “What plight? Even the poorest American is richer than some of the rich in the rest of the world. We’ve provided enough government benefits payments so that our people on welfare can afford large screen televisions, three meals a day, heat, air conditioning, even free transportation. We supply them with free cell phones, high-speed internet access, healthcare paid for by the rest of the working people. And you say we don’t understand their plight? What plight?”

  “Mr. Speaker, if we don’t show our African American population we’re considering their needs they will rise and take what they want.”

  ”Mr. Representative, what about the needs of the rest of the country? What about the needs of the other minorities? Do you only care about a single group of people? We’re supposed to represent all of the people.”

  “Mr. Speaker I care about the people who elected me.”

  “As you should, but not to the harm to the rest of the country.”

  “Mr. Speaker do you think the people of the country will accept a military coup?”

  “There won’t be a military coup; there will be a legal impeachment of elected officials who broke their oaths of office. Elected people who exceeded their authority. The Senate will vote and approve the General as the New Secretary of State who will then be line to become President, no coup, everything legal per the constitution.”

  “Mr. Speaker, I’m telling you the African Community won’t accept him as their President.”

  “Mr. Representative he’ll be the President of all of America, not just one group, or another. We need a leader to bring the country together; we need a unifier. Who if not the General would you propose?”

  “Why not the Reverend Johnson?”

  “Are you serious?”

  “Yes, he ran for President before; he can unite all of the minorities, he can lead us into a new-social pack with the people who have been overlooked for so long.”

  “The Reverend will cause mass uprising across the country. He won’t get the votes in the Senate. The General is our only choice to hold the country together. As far as if we can appoint a President, I had this looked into. The actual first President was appointed by Congress when the Declaration of Independence was signed; John Hancock was appointed by the delegates as the first President. Hence, Congress has appointed a President before. If we’ve done it before, we can do it again. We’re also going to have to pass new laws to make sure no President can ever get us this far down a black hole again. When the country was founded, the founders designed a country with three br
anches of government; they designed a system with a weak central government. The original Federal Government started off broke; they had no means to tax.

  “Mr. Speaker, I’m sorry, but I can’t vote for anyone except for the good Reverend. He’s the only one who can lead us out of the dark times we’re currently in. He’ll hold the country together.”

  “We can appoint him to a position within the government which is what you’re proposing to do with the General.”

  “I can’t stop you; however, I don’t think you’re going to a lot of supporters for your idea.”

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