My current bet is on a widespread organized mass assassination attempt on multiple lawmakers. Hit them all at the same time, so their security can’t see the pattern and put them under protection before they’re killed. Off a bunch of democrats, then use the ensuing chaos to seize control and “postpone” the midterms.
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Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 3 days ago
In previous such cases they advertised the scenarios via news & movies/TV shows.
Anything on the radar now?
Trains/railroad attack?
Air traffic control attack?
Congress attack so they can just disband it?
Attack on protesters?
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
I would say specifically Jewish lawmakers, both Democrat and Republican. That would fit their narrative well.
WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
The easiest attack to false-flag would be an automated drone attack against a stateside US military base. Remember that Ukraine Spiderweb drone attack from a few weeks back?
Ukraine built shipping containers with attack drones and retractable roofs. They contracted hapless Russian freight operators to deliver these shipping containers close to Russian air force bases. Then they remotely activated them, retracted the roofs, and had the drones take off to attack Russian airplanes just a few miles away.
This kind of attack would be trivially easy to false-flag. At least with a false flag in-person terrorist attack, there are people involved. You can dig into the backgrounds of the actual attackers and maybe uncover links to intelligence agencies.
But an automated drone attack? Just drop off a shipping container near a military base at night. Have the drones fly out in the middle of the day and attack some noncritical base or military infrastructure. Maybe have them blow up some planes that were set for decommissioning soon anyway. Maybe kill a few expendable soldiers in the process. Then fake and release some shipping manifest to tie the attack to Iran.
It’s a fantastic false flag attack method. It would be nearly impossible to prove as a fake. And it’s the kind of attack that military planners are already shouting the alarm over, as we’ve seen just this month how effective such an attack can be. Hell, the CIA could probably even be able to get a hold of some Iranian drones for the project. Russia has used a fair number of those in Ukraine, and I’m sure a good number have been downed or captured reasonably intact. The CIA likely already has actual Iranian drones. They could simply use some of those in a false flag attack.
bampop@lemmy.world 2 days ago
An attack on the military would make a lot of sense. Trump needs to manufacture consent within the military before he can reliably use them to eliminate protests. So this ticks all the boxes. Can’t be small scale though. You need a significant death toll, you need people to be horrified. Even something spectacular wouldn’t significantly reduce the US’s military capacity, and you can bet it’s a sacrifice Trump is willing to make. Especially after the disappointing birthday parade.
echodot@feddit.uk 2 days ago
Except it’s the Trump administration we’re talking about here. So they’d fuck it up in some way.
WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Reminds me of a joke scenario that really tickles me. Trump’s going to make a grab for power. He knows he needs to have a “Reichstag fire” moment. However, he’s too stupid to actually understand the meaning of that. So he indeed has his Reichstag fire moment. He arranges arranges to have the real Reichstag, the actual modern German parliament building, set ablaze. He burns down the modern Reichstag and is then befuddled when it fails to produce the political effects he wants.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 2 days ago
The drones would be gold painted & wearing maga hats?
Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 3 days ago
The US invented this new technology called aircraft hangers
rhadamanth_nemes@lemmy.world 3 days ago
What do you need to live? Water.
What are the great lakes full of? Water.
Lake Superior thinks it’s above the rest, a clear target for an attack on the nation’s water supply… By blowing up Lake Superior!
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 2 days ago
So a sharknado attack?
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Congress attack so they can just disband it?
They already tried that one.
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Twice this week, yeah.
Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 3 days ago
3 sonic the hedgehog movies in 5 years. We should fear the Erinaceidae
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Oh shit. We’re gonna get some sort of fast spiky mammal based attack.