Google “The family”, there is literally an ultra-right wing political/religious group that worships all heads of state because they could only have achieved that position with God’s mandate…(though like all “conservatives” I’m sure they have a problem with Obama…totally because of his politics though since he’s such an EXTREME LIBRUL)
This is almost assuredly in the same vein of little Curtis.
This wouldn’t destroy any country. People are incredibly adaptable and resilient, and life somehow go on even when you’re targeted by snipers every time you need to bring water home (I’m thinking of the siege of Sarajevo here, because you’re talking about snipers, but there are worst examples).
That’s even assuming that for some reason your 50 snipers wouldn’t be caught in short order.
I’d suspect that such an event, if anything, would at the contrary reinforce US cohesion. But it probably wouldn’t have much effect at all. Not a large scale enough event.
Caveat: I don’t hate the USA and I don’t want it destroyed.
I think it would be pretty easy to take the USA towards fascism. I already think patriotism and the display of patriotic symbols is kind of over-the-top, and in some places the respect for soldiers practically turns into veneration. In the last 10 years we’ve seen people trade some freedom for the illusion of more security, and I think that more violence, particularly targeted at John Q. Public, would expedite that trend.
Right now, I see a lot of that, and while I don’t think it’s going to destroy America, I do think that the changes of the last 10 years have had a significant effect in chipping away at the USA I was born and raised in. So I guess, much as it depresses me to say it, just have everybody keep on with what they’re doing, for a couple of generations.