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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: 2ndDivisionVet

Is the author of this article actually encouraging a Leftist coup d’état in the United States and pointing out how it could succeed?


41 posted on 09/10/2017 4:02:58 AM PDT by Savage Beast (To the insane, the sane appear insane. MAGA = Renaissance!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Put down the crack pipe.. PUT it down, NOW!


42 posted on 09/10/2017 4:15:50 AM PDT by VRWC For Truth ( Freep u, Schmucky)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

After the military let obama get away with his subversion then no, there wouldnt beva “ military coup”

But deep state includes some men in uniform who have lost sight of their “ country” and share the elitists’ contempt for citizens who resist being disrespected, patronized and worse


43 posted on 09/10/2017 4:39:05 AM PDT by silverleaf (We voted for change, not leftover change)
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To: The Great RJ

Nope


44 posted on 09/10/2017 4:39:51 AM PDT by silverleaf (We voted for change, not leftover change)
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To: Savage Beast

Yep


45 posted on 09/10/2017 4:40:43 AM PDT by silverleaf (We voted for change, not leftover change)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I would imagine that the author does not know that when we military types talk amongst ourselves, there is almost universal derision for Doribama the Muslim quota boy eunuch, and lots of admiration for the actual leader that replaced him.

Watch what you wish for, lib, you may just get it.


46 posted on 09/10/2017 4:43:04 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If there is one, it won’t be in the direction the left wants.


47 posted on 09/10/2017 4:44:08 AM PDT by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Keeping the coup hidden from the FBI????

Are you kidding? They would be organizing it.


48 posted on 09/10/2017 4:50:27 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Single payer is coming. Which kind do you like?)
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To: Salamander

“He typed all that with one hand.”

Good one.


49 posted on 09/10/2017 4:54:50 AM PDT by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
the US military’s oath is taken to defend the Constitution. If there were ever clear evidence that the president had acted to subvert the Constitution, and Congress proved unable or unwilling to impeach that president, the military’s first obligation might come into question.

It came up a few times during the Kenyan born Indonesian citizen's occupation. Those that spoke up were imprisoned.

50 posted on 09/10/2017 4:55:19 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist (TETELESTI Read em and weep Lucy! Yer times almost up.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“what stands in the way of an American coup actually happening?”

A heavily armed voter base supporting the legitimately elected president.

Communications would be much harder to stop than the author thinks, and even if comm blackout achieved that itself would set 100,000 “lone wolves” in motion.


51 posted on 09/10/2017 4:56:52 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Leftist hate Russia and and love the military. Times have changed.


52 posted on 09/10/2017 5:01:54 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Childish liberal fantasies.

We the people built ALL the military systems and know how to take them offline if they tried such as stunt. They would be deaf, dumb, and blind within minutes.


53 posted on 09/10/2017 5:02:32 AM PDT by CodeToad (Victorious warriors WIN first, then go to war! Go TRUMP!!!)
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To: LegendHasIt

Another point....when it came to firing on US civilians, the armed services would find that they immediately had no replacements for those soldiers wounded and injured as the populace would turn against the military in large numbers. Also, many soldiers who took part in such atrocities would find that they are no longer welcome in their home towns or with their families and friends. Perhaps reminder leaflets should be printed out from time to time and circulated to military persons reminding them of those facts!


54 posted on 09/10/2017 5:04:43 AM PDT by mdmathis6
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He doesn’t know us.


55 posted on 09/10/2017 5:21:31 AM PDT by jch10 (Laughing my Ossoff at the Democrats!)
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To: central_va
They like ‘Politically Correct’ military. Their view of military is a bunch of expendable drones for liberal project on the world stage. I doubt that they really like military folks. They are usually from different class or social group. They don't really mix together on a personal level.
56 posted on 09/10/2017 5:25:02 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If the left ever tried a coup, we’ll hang every single liberal and RINO on day one. We are ready. Don’t screw with us.


57 posted on 09/10/2017 5:38:50 AM PDT by 60Gunner (The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato)
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To: 60Gunner

>If the left ever tried a coup, we’ll hang every single liberal and RINO on day one. We are ready. Don’t screw with us.

That’s pretty much what I expect to happen. People not close enough to DC to help will pick soft targets outside of DC to settle the score with. I expect the left to do the same but much more poorly.


58 posted on 09/10/2017 5:41:07 AM PDT by JohnyBoy (We should forgive communists, but not before they are hanged.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If there was no coup vs Obama, there never will be.


59 posted on 09/10/2017 5:57:05 AM PDT by Uncle Sam 911
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wow, what a useless display of wishful thinking.

The military did not turn against the president when we had presidents Clinton and Obama who were actively hostile to the military. The military is not going to turn against a president who actually supports the military.


60 posted on 09/10/2017 6:08:01 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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