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In reply to the discussion: For all our fantasizing about Biden ordering Seal Team 6, here's what he really needs to do ASAP: [View all]wnylib
(25,355 posts)It is the wake up call that the country needs. It is the equivalent of JFK's speech to the nation in 1962 regarding Soviet missiles in Cuba. The difference is that in 1962, the threat to the nation was external.
Today the threat is internal and that is even more dangerous because we had the means to deal with the missile crisis through negotiations, with the support of our allies and the vast majority of Americans. Today, there is external, foreign support for the destruction of our democracy from a hostile nation - the same nation that threatened our security in 1962. There is an entire political party within the US that is aligned with that destruction of American democracy.
This is a situation that calls for exactly what the OP says. Lay it all on the line before the American people. Say out loud exactly what is going on and what the same kinds of actions led to in the fascist takeover of Germany.