“It is easy and logical to conclude that the United States is as close to the brink of civil war today as it has been since 1861,” Fisher wrote in a column titled “Is the United States Heading for Civil War?”, referring the reader to the Civil War between the North. and the South, which occurred in 1861-1865.
The author noted a wide variety of voices, including politicians from the Democratic and Republican parties, as well as academics who study civil wars, and extremists on both sides.
The wave of threats against FBI officials, judges and officials, including after the sudden searches of former President Donald Trump, as well as the rhetoric of right-wing extremists, are also alarming in the context of growing fears of a civil war, Fisher said.
Among the concerns, he cited "training camps where heavily armed radicals train to resist their own government" and polls showing that many Americans "expect violent conflict."
The journalist cites the words of writer Stephen Marsh, who, along with a number of analysts, believes that the hot phase of the civil war, "which will likely include bombings, assassinations and attacks on federal agencies and officials, may become inevitable."
Other analysts believe that there will be no civil war, but the number of cases of attacks by individual radicals and small extremist groups will increase, the article says.