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Thinking the unthinkable: could there be a military coup in the US?
The Conversation ^ | September 7, 2017 | Luke Foster Middup

Posted on 09/10/2017 12:30:56 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: Captainpaintball

I just realized it...THE SWAMP ARE THE ONES PLAYING THE “KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER” 3748753-D CHESS MOVE!!!


21 posted on 09/10/2017 1:51:13 AM PDT by Captainpaintball (It appears that we no longer wish to keep our Republic, Mr. Franklin...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
What a screed of non-sense. While he touches on it he overlooks one recent lesson that is very pertinent. Iraq is about the size of Kalifornia with a population of about the same size. It took 130,000 US military members to suppress - not destroy - the activities of about 10,000 “insurgents".
22 posted on 09/10/2017 1:57:07 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Not my circus. Not my monkeys.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Why would they???

Trump is giving the Democrats everything they wanted. He is siding with Pelosi and Schumer on raising the National Debt for more outrageous Pork Spending, supporting DACA with Illegal Immigration, and not pursing Clinton, Lerner, etc.. on any crimes they committed. So why have a coup????

23 posted on 09/10/2017 2:00:14 AM PDT by Captain Beyond (The Hammer of the gods! (Just a cool line from a Led Zep song))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

By the CIA maybe. Military not a chance.


24 posted on 09/10/2017 2:06:11 AM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

One thing we all have to take into consideration—It’s clear there is a very huge power struggle within the US govt now and we can all admit that Trump is an outsider and doesn’t have too many friends and allies who will do whats right for MAGA.

One area where Trump can command loyalty and probably has the firmest grip on is the military. Although we are displeased with swampers like McMaster & Kelly, perhaps Trump feels like he can only rely on military men to keep the circus tamed.

I do wish Trump would seek out the thousands of very qualified retired officers who never made it to General/Admiral rank—you know the Colonels who were perhaps the best leaders the military had but they were perhaps just a little toooo good and didn’t/wouldn’t play the political game (and yes, at 3 or 4 stars, you are a fully active member of the US political machine).
Most of the field-grade commanders I had in my stint in the military were superb, incredible leaders and motivators, but it’s clear, especially with hindsight and connecting with some of them through social media, that they would NEVER have advanced much further in the military without playing “the game”
Most of them have also done exceptionally well in their post-military careers—true leaders of men.
Trump needs to seek these types out and get them into positions. The problem then arises—why in the hell would they give up what they are doing to jump into a swamp?


25 posted on 09/10/2017 2:10:14 AM PDT by Jaysin
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The author has to ignore armed citizens (many of them prior military) so he can outline how he dreams the military might overturn the results of an election he personally dislikes. Perhaps he is hoping that someone competent will finish the plan, fill in the details he does not know how to handle, and then implement the complete plan. After all, everyone he is willing to listen to also hates the election result, so he wants to see a coup. Now. So he can get his way and serve Queen Hillary. It’s her turn.

Having watched our military and our Secret Service under the usurper, I have no concerns at all about a coup under a real president. People I personally know who were in a position to do something and despised the druggie, people who referred to him as “Satan himself”, and people who prayed daily that the destruction under socialism would not be permanent never even discussed acting over the past eight years. Unless America’s enemies on the left initiate a coup or attempt to disarm us, we are not going to be the first to fire, and our military will not intervene.


26 posted on 09/10/2017 2:30:26 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A coup of Congress would be much more palatable and would be supported by the public, I think. Get rid of the professional politicians and replace them with real citizen-patriots.


27 posted on 09/10/2017 2:43:37 AM PDT by jimbug
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The author is forgetting that a significant number of civilians have strategic military experience.


28 posted on 09/10/2017 2:52:49 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Considering what screw ups PC officers are they’d screw up a coup attempt.


29 posted on 09/10/2017 2:59:20 AM PDT by JohnyBoy (We should forgive communists, but not before they are hanged.)
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To: arthurus

“Luke is mentally abusing himself.”

No only that, he is really stupid. He should keep in mind that today’s military is conservative. A coup would never happen against Trump.


30 posted on 09/10/2017 3:13:39 AM PDT by snoringbear (E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

All of these pundits seem to want one. Stupid fools


31 posted on 09/10/2017 3:24:14 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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According to Richard Belzer and David Wayne (writing in their book Hit List) one such coup has already occurred here in the US, although not by the military.
32 posted on 09/10/2017 3:32:36 AM PDT by AlienCrossfirePlayer (Lies are the tools politicians use to separate you from your freedom.)
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33 posted on 09/10/2017 3:39:44 AM PDT by DFG
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What are the chances that Donald Trump’s presidency could be brought to a halt by a military uprising?

Absolutely NONE! Barack Obama proved that there will never bee a military coup in America. If they did not rebel against a President that directly attacked them and the majority despised then the surely are not going to rebel against one that is trying to help them recover and a majority like.


34 posted on 09/10/2017 3:40:23 AM PDT by 48th SPS Crusader (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A media coup is far more likely.

But it would require a monolithic anti-American media with an alliance to a monolithic well-placed group of federal politicians.


35 posted on 09/10/2017 3:45:44 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (I told you so)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Since the Military backed Trump 3 to 1 in the last election, I doubt that any coup order would be carried out.


36 posted on 09/10/2017 3:47:05 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: gogeo

Actually I’d describe the article as a High School paper by a kid who knows sh**.


37 posted on 09/10/2017 3:53:01 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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BS article! If Obama never had a Coup attempt, you can bet TRUMP won't have any!

IDIOT article is hoping for a Coup!

38 posted on 09/10/2017 3:53:04 AM PDT by KavMan
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To: Captainpaintball

As a Vietnam vet, I always thought it would be neat to be on the side of the insurgents the next time.


39 posted on 09/10/2017 3:58:00 AM PDT by wetgundog (Mainstream Media, Lying Liars Lying.)
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To: wetgundog

Luke Foster Middup. What manly thing did this f-up ever do in his sorry leftard life.


40 posted on 09/10/2017 4:00:48 AM PDT by wetgundog (Mainstream Media, Lying Liars Lying.)
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