{"id":151853,"date":"2021-01-11T19:34:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T16:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/opinion-america-faces-a-malignant-threat-the-enemy-within\/"},"modified":"2021-01-11T19:34:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T16:34:00","slug":"opinion-america-faces-a-malignant-threat-the-enemy-within","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/opinion-america-faces-a-malignant-threat-the-enemy-within\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n  Opinion: America faces a malignant threat: The enemy within"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bc210713aa\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bc210713aa\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/opinion-america-faces-a-malignant-threat-the-enemy-within\/#The_attack_on_our_politicians_failed_There_could_be_others_And_remember_The_radical_mob_only_has_to_be_lucky_once\" >The attack on our politicians failed. There could be others. And remember: The radical mob only has to be lucky once.<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-6' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-6'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-6' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-6'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-6' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-6'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-6' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/opinion-america-faces-a-malignant-threat-the-enemy-within\/#Inauguration_Day\" >Inauguration Day<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/opinion-america-faces-a-malignant-threat-the-enemy-within\/#Chain_of_events\" >Chain of events<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/opinion-america-faces-a-malignant-threat-the-enemy-within\/#Paul_Brandus\" >Paul Brandus<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#<br \/>\n  Opinion: America faces a malignant threat: The enemy within<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_attack_on_our_politicians_failed_There_could_be_others_And_remember_The_radical_mob_only_has_to_be_lucky_once\"><\/span>\n  The attack on our politicians failed. There could be others. And remember: The radical mob only has to be lucky once.<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000125583\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       On Oct. 12, 1984, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher narrowly escaped assassination when a bomb exploded in the hotel she was staying at in Brighton, England. Five people were killed, 31 injured, and the bathroom in Thatcher\u2019s suite was destroyed.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p> The bomb had been planted by the Irish Republican Army, the IRA. It released a taunting message to Thatcher: \u201cToday we were unlucky, but remember we only have to be lucky once,\u201d it said. \u201cYou will have to be lucky always.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       We in the U.S. must be lucky always as well, for the attack on our beloved U.S. Capitol, perpetrated by goons so blindly loyal to Donald Trump that they saw nothing wrong with what they were doing \u2014 some even smirked and bragged about it in selfie videos \u2014 could easily occur again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One reason we know this is from an ominous statement on the night of Jan. 8 by social-media company <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><br \/>\n        TWTR,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/203180645\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-6.03%<\/bg-quote><span>,<\/span><br \/>\n       which said: \u201cPlans for future armed protests have already begun proliferating on and off Twitter, including a proposed secondary attack on the\u00a0U.S.\u00a0Capitol and state capital buildings on Jan. 17, 2021.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Twitter was so worried that it took the extraordinary step of permanently banning the president \u2014 who had some 89 million followers \u2014 from ever tweeting again. It cited what it called the \u201crisk of further incitement of violence.\u201d Facebook<br \/>\n        FB,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/205064656\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-2.87%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       blocked Trump on its platforms at least until the end of his term. <\/p>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Inauguration_Day\"><\/span>Inauguration Day<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>Next week\u2019s swearing in of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris is obviously the primary area of concern. The mob swarmed all over the stand that has been built for the ceremony, and on Twitter-like platforms for far-right extremists and conspiracists, it wasn\u2019t hard to find warnings that they\u2019ll be back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRound 2 on January 20th,\u201d one anonymous person said on\u00a0TheDonald.win. \u201cThis time no mercy. I don\u2019t even care about keeping Trump in power. I care about war.\u201d Other messages praised last Wednesday\u2019s attackers as \u201cheroes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By the way, perhaps \u201cgoons\u201d isn\u2019t strong enough a word to describe these people. What about \u201ccop killers?\u201d After all, they murdered 42-year old Brian Sicknick, a 12-year veteran of the U.S. Capitol Police. More than 50 more officers were injured, a USCP spokesperson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What about \u201cinsurrectionists\u201d? After all, at least two people were photographed in the Senate chamber holding \u201czip-tie\u201d-style handcuffs commonly used by cops \u2014 an indication that they were perhaps planning to take hostages.\u00a0They urinated and spread their feces on floors and walls. They constructed a gallows outside. There were shouts of \u201cHang Mike Pence,\u201d \u201cI wanna see executions,\u201d and \u201cWe\u2019re coming for you Pelosi!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What about, perhaps, \u201cterrorists\u201d? After all, explosives \u2014 pipe bombs with timers \u2014 were found in multiple locations. Thank God none exploded. Yes, \u201cgoons,\u201d isn\u2019t strong enough to describe them. I think it\u2019s fair to call those who attacked the very heart of our fragile democracy what they showed themselves to be through their behavior: Cop killers, insurrectionists, terrorists.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<p>Consider this: In the same room, as the assault on the Capitol began, were the three people next in line for the presidency: Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were seated together on the House Rostrum, and nearby was Senate President pro tempore Charles Grassley (R-Iowa). All three were together as the assault began.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Chain_of_events\"><\/span>Chain of events<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>The\u00a0attack failed. Then again, there could be others, and remember: They only have to be lucky once.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Think this is some kind of horrible one-off situation? I don\u2019t. The Capitol attack comes three months after the FBI broke up a terror plot by members of a far-right militia group, the \u201cWolverine Watchmen,\u201d to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and \u201coverthrow\u201d the state government.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They failed too. But remember: Luck is needed but once.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We must certainly hope that nothing h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens in the next few days, and in the weeks, months and perhaps years ahead. We already know Trump isn\u2019t sticking around. He tweeted Friday (before Twitter banned him) that he\u2019ll skip Biden\u2019s inaugural \u2014 the first president to avoid his successor\u2019s swearing in since 1869, when Andrew Johnson refused to extend any decency and civility to Ulysses S. Grant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s a man of his word. Last fall, he <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oR8oIitE6mI\" class=\"icon none\">refused to say<\/a> that if he lost the election (which could only happen if it was \u201crigged\u201d), he would guarantee a peaceful transfer of power.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>And he hasn\u2019t.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A 2017 survey of historians by C-SPAN <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/presidentsurvey2017\/?page=overall\" class=\"icon none\">ranked Johnson<\/a> the second-worst president,\u00a0and I suspect Trump will soon join him near \u2014 or at \u2014 the bottom. <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll end with Lincoln. In January 1838, the future president \u2014 just 28 years old \u2014 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/quod.lib.umich.edu\/l\/lincoln\/lincoln1\/1:130?rgn=div1;singlegenre=All;sort=occur;subview=detail;type=simple;view=fulltext;q1=by+suicide\" class=\"icon none\">warned<\/a> that America\u2019s greatest danger lay from within.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cI mean the increasing disregard for law which pervades the country,\u201d he said. \u201cThe growing disposition to substitute the wild and furious passions, in lieu of the sober judgement of Courts; and the worse than savage mobs, for the executive ministers of justice.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read that passage again and tell me it doesn\u2019t apply to America right now. Twenty-one years after Lincoln spoke, the nation erupted in Civil War. Today, we must hope \u2014 and work to ensure \u2014 that the past is not prologue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>      <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author  hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Paul Brandus\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Paul_Brandus\"><\/span>Paul Brandus<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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