CIA Adviser Believes The US Is 'Closer To Civil War Than Anyone Would Like To Believe'

 

Daily Mail: CIA advisor and expert in foreign conflicts believes the US is 'closer to civil war than anyone would like to believe' and claims America is no longer a democracy but an 'anocracy' 

* University of California academic Dr. Barbara Walter said the U.S. meets several of the telltale signs that are part of a road to insurgency 

* Walter labels the U.S. as an 'anocracy' – a category between a democracy and an autocracy 

* She points to a drop on the scale that ranks countries from Switzerland to Syria and looks for erosions of democracy 

* She writes that the U.S. has 'entered very dangerous territory' after a drop in rankings 

* Three retired U.S. generals have written that a potential split in the military might play out in a civil war if there is a coup attempt after 2024 

A political science professor who serves on a panel that advises the CIA on when countries might slide into civil war amid factors like undemocratic tendencies has identified the U.S. as farther down that potential path than many could imagine. 

'We are closer to civil war than any of us would like to believe,' said Dr. Barbara Walter, who serves on the Political Instability Task Force, which guides intelligence analysts on countries overseas that might be on the brink of conflict. 

The University of California San Diego academic, who has studied hotspots like Syria and helps run a blog on political violence, said the U.S. meets several of the telltale signs that are part of a road to insurgency.  

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Update: US ‘closer to civil war’ than most would like to believe, new book says (The Guardian)  

WNU Editor: Talk of civil war has been making the rounds in the U.S. media, academia, pundits, and Washington for the past year. But I do not sense that type of intensity in the U.S. heartland and main street America. 

Am I wrong? 

You tell me.

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