Cities are left wing. Rural is right wing. It would be a war on infrastructure, not a war on people. The right will, if it is smart, do its best to disrupt the logistics required to maintain the huge population density of cities. The left will play defense. If cities go into Venezuela mode because supply lines are cut, the leftist force will be split between peacekeeping on its own turf and trying to defend whatever critical infrastructure is left. Diversity in cities will cause factions to form along racial lines (or ideological lines if among ideological fanatics) as is the case in prisons and everywhere else you have a population isolated within adverse conditions. Tribalism takes hold. Every country is four meals away from revolution, and this logic would apply to each isolated city. Honestly, this whole situation is a nightmare for the left/urbanites. That would be the overall conflict.
"For the right, it would be absolutely critical to obtain Houston for fuel." For the left, it's not critical to hold Houston, denying it to the right is sufficient. What's to prevent some European collectivists from nuking Houston?
Mutually assured destruction ensures that if one nuke goes out, all nukes go out. Its what has kept people in check for decades. Also, you can't extract resources from a country if its smoldering radiated rubble
Also, denying the right Houston is daunting but not impossible but any resources spent towards that will either be a net loss or "could've been utilized elsewhere"
A suitcase nuke isn't out of the question, but getting it assembled here would be a lot easier than getting it put together BEFORE getting here (assuming they're already on U.S. soil). I'm certain there are countermeasures for nukes regardless of where it comes from, after all that's what the missile silos around DC are for
I found your piece very interesting, and I do not think you overstated the critical importance of Houston to the fate of the right. So, if your scenario should ever appear to have been prophetic, I'm sure that leftists throughout the world will be trying to figure out how to deny Houston to the right.
I am wondering how those leftists are going to GET to Houston. The initial stages of breakdown of civil order are likely to be, shall we say, chaotic and if communications degrade or break down I doubt there will be much opportunity a little further on down the road for identifying the mission, planning for, and training for it. The default is going to be existing local/rural advantages and that doesn't translate into leisurely advances to the objective. Local/rural advantages also includes cops, National Guardsmen, and a zillion vets.
They're not exactly strangers to subterfuge and asymmetrical warfare, and what Russia does to us China does x 10,000. China has had a decades head start but consider all the sleeper cells and agents on standby that can and will move once things pop off
"For the right, it would be absolutely critical to obtain Houston for fuel." For the left, it's not critical to hold Houston, denying it to the right is sufficient. What's to prevent some European collectivists from nuking Houston?
Mutually assured destruction ensures that if one nuke goes out, all nukes go out. Its what has kept people in check for decades. Also, you can't extract resources from a country if its smoldering radiated rubble
Also, denying the right Houston is daunting but not impossible but any resources spent towards that will either be a net loss or "could've been utilized elsewhere"
Is MAD set up to respond to a nuke from a European ally of US? What about a covertly hand delivered nuke?
A suitcase nuke isn't out of the question, but getting it assembled here would be a lot easier than getting it put together BEFORE getting here (assuming they're already on U.S. soil). I'm certain there are countermeasures for nukes regardless of where it comes from, after all that's what the missile silos around DC are for
I found your piece very interesting, and I do not think you overstated the critical importance of Houston to the fate of the right. So, if your scenario should ever appear to have been prophetic, I'm sure that leftists throughout the world will be trying to figure out how to deny Houston to the right.
I am wondering how those leftists are going to GET to Houston. The initial stages of breakdown of civil order are likely to be, shall we say, chaotic and if communications degrade or break down I doubt there will be much opportunity a little further on down the road for identifying the mission, planning for, and training for it. The default is going to be existing local/rural advantages and that doesn't translate into leisurely advances to the objective. Local/rural advantages also includes cops, National Guardsmen, and a zillion vets.
But why Russia or China will support the RW if they hate them?
They're not exactly strangers to subterfuge and asymmetrical warfare, and what Russia does to us China does x 10,000. China has had a decades head start but consider all the sleeper cells and agents on standby that can and will move once things pop off