Robert Ford fears “militia” violence

Robert Ford, former US ambassador to Syria and Algeria and a researcher at the Middle East Institute in Washington, retired from diplomatic work and decided to join volunteers from a “party” he did not name, to push the latter’s agenda in the elections. presidential and congressional.

From his home state in the far northeast of the country, Ford, like other Democrats and their media, preaches acts of violence that he fears will be detonated before and after the presidential elections by armed militias, knowing that the area where he lives it is empty, as confirmed, of “Militia.” However, the US police finally arrested 6 members of a “conservative militia that planned to kidnap the Democratic governor of Michigan. This is the first time I have heard of such a plot within the United States.”
In an article he published a few days ago in the Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, entitled “The United States is on a date with incomparable elections”, Ford spoke many times of the “militias”, whether armed or conservative, right or left. , who are concerned about his appearance in what If the president of the United States, Donald Trump, lost the race to the White House. Despite his reaffirmation of the progress of the Democratic candidate, Joe Biden, and his reference to the estimates of some analysts who speak of the possibility of a democratic “tsunami” that would govern the party’s control over the White House and both houses of the Congress, Ford focuses on the political divisions and depth of polarization in the United States: “You only talk about politics with people who you know have political opinions similar to yours … This situation is absolutely unhealthy for any democratic system “.
He considers that if the Democratic Party does not achieve a landslide victory similar to a “political tsunami” early next month, “before we can know the final result of the elections,” “we will have to wait weeks for each vote to be counted in each state. Problems about voting and vote counting procedures. ” It raises a series of questions: Will a left-wing or right-wing militia appear in front of court buildings and polling stations to intimidate local officials? Will there be violence between conservative and left-wing armed groups? What will happen if no final results appear before January 20 (oath)? More importantly, how can Americans overcome the severity of political divisions? Do you really want to endorse a reconciliation? To conclude, this election will not cure the deep political divisions that plague American society, regardless of the name of the winner.

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