Pompeo tells Congress Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China

Re:Pompeo tells Congress Hong Kong is no longer autonomous f... by CapricornNoble on Thursday May 28, 2020 @09:30AM (#23336992)

I'd rate neither of those as particularly likely. The armed militias tend to be preppers, and are more inclined to hunker down in place and just let the cities eat themselves and descend into chaos on their own.

A military coup? Having worked in a 3-star general's headquarters for years......absolutely not.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Pompeo tells Congress Hong Kong is no longer autonomous f... by hopfscotch on Thursday May 28, 2020 @01:03PM (#23339674)

I would not describe the people who swarmed various state capitol buildings in recent weeks as hunkering down. They’re itching for a fight.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Pompeo tells Congress Hong Kong is no longer autonomous f... by CapricornNoble on Thursday May 28, 2020 @02:44PM (#23340833)

Fair enough on that point. Looking up on some of that, the Michigan Militia incident seems pretty egregious.

I honestly haven't followed most of the domestic US insanity since COVID-19 descended on the world. I checked in with family members "Have you cleaned your firearms? Buy some more ammo. Do you still have MREs? Double your bottled water supply too." and then tuned out a bit after the news everyday was basically "more people die in NYC".

[ Parent | on HN ]