I agree. I think they know, and I think they drove it here on purpose. But it is in their interest to have plausible deniability to the accusation that the politicians have deliberately destabilized things, so “industrialized methods” can be justified.
Obama has spent 8 years deconstructing and reconstructing the military and domestic security agencies for just such an eventuality. November 8 is the ballot box, after that...? A divided citizenry, no matter how massively armed with rifles and pistols will not prevail against military units and gunships. If Hillary wins, we are going to be faced with stark choices.