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Beware Triggering the Coup Theory
Commentary Magazine ^ | February 15, 2017 | John Podhoretz

Posted on 02/15/2017 11:54:48 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Meanwhile outside the new Federal Prison near Barrow, AK

Now kids, be careful not to eat a liberal. The meat is tainted, and might make you sick.
41 posted on 02/15/2017 12:46:58 PM PST by BigEdLB (To Dimwitocrats: We won. You lost. Get used to it.)
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To: wiseprince

Pres. Trump needs to take to the bully pulpit at every opportunity to SAY out loud that the unhinged left is driving the left-leaning populace into his court. The press will sputter and deny and say that he has no evidence of that. But the truth is that he doesn’t need evidence; he simply needs to say it over and over. If the press decides to poll the claim, the answer is simple: the polls predicted miserably that I would lose.

As a husband,parent and former pastor, I discovered that people need to hear you SAY and REPEAT that you love them. Surprisingly, in my experience, simply doing good for them is not enough. They will accept your failings far more readily if you repeat that you love them.

I believe that is the way Mr. Trump will pull people over to his side. by SAYING that they are being hurt by the left and that they have a home in the center with him.


42 posted on 02/15/2017 12:51:30 PM PST by Chaguito
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Keep praying, folks. Keep praying.


43 posted on 02/15/2017 12:55:18 PM PST by Churchillspirit (9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
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To: Truth29
The Chicago Way
44 posted on 02/15/2017 1:09:36 PM PST by Dahoser (Separation of church and state? No, we need separation of media and state.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The outlandish behavior of the left could create the very circumstances that they imagined when they thought they could “trigger the right” and place Obama in power as dictator for life. A couple of poorly managed coup attempts and a press that walks over the edge of sedition and Poof! We have an Abraham Lincoln moment. The President put into a position where martial law and supreme power is the only way to hold a failed nation together.
Hey, it’s every bit as good a story as the progressive left is pushing with a much better outcome.


45 posted on 02/15/2017 1:22:29 PM PST by Steamburg (Other people's money is the only language a politician respects; starve the bastards)
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To: PIF
That number was for all those “business men” who were not ‘re-educable’ in the camps they planed to set up. Since that was in the mid-60s, almost 60 years ago, the number of people not ‘re-educable’ must be two or three times than by now.

That number was for *all* the people who would not go along with a Marxist government, not just "businessmen". At that time, the total population of the US stood at 200-250 million. In short they were willing to murder 10% of the total population to achieve their 'wet dream'. This was above and beyond the dead in the fighting to get them into the position to actually have those 'camps' available.

The total population *now* is 300-350 million, so you do the math...

the infowarrior

46 posted on 02/15/2017 1:26:36 PM PST by infowarrior
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To: infowarrior

That was the term I remember from the video. I think it was because “business men” were thought to be die-hard capitalists.

I did the math in the rest of the comment ...


47 posted on 02/15/2017 1:35:34 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The danger for Trump is if he is goaded into taking a partial police action. The International Socialist will then accuse him of violating the constitution and recommending impeachment. When (and if) the time comes to take drastic action, it must be massive and sudden.
P.S. those FEMA camps originally built for us are still vacant.


48 posted on 02/15/2017 1:38:05 PM PST by Swirl
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Bookmark


49 posted on 02/15/2017 1:48:06 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: Swirl
Wonder what Trump is going to say at Friday's rally? He could be taking his case for several initiatives directly to the people. He could also talk about the Obama shadow government and the illegality of the leakers as a prelude for telling us to be vigilant and await further instructions.
50 posted on 02/15/2017 2:05:26 PM PST by Truth29
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“but a “coup d’etat” refers specifically to a military ouster of a leader, not a leak-driven campaign using the press to nail someone. “

No it doesn’t refer only to military. Nothing in the definition does. It’s simply the deposing of a leader outside the normal process. It can be military, a leak driven delegitimizing campaign that drives him out, or anything.
And interestingly, a coup can leave the apparent government in power, but remove the leader.

He is wrong in his analysis. And it was a coup move by our national intelligence agencies which are fully in the service of the deep state and have been since their inception.

But nice attempt at sophistry to protect the intel community that made this move.


51 posted on 02/15/2017 2:21:14 PM PST by DesertRhino
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To: xzins

“I agree that a real coup attempt will be met with force.”

A coup is not always tanks in the street. If intelligence agencies are moving to depose a leader or undermine him till he is removed by a legal process, THAT is a coup.

Intelligence agencies commit treason when they venture into the policy setting arena or into selecting leaders.


52 posted on 02/15/2017 2:24:43 PM PST by DesertRhino
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To: DesertRhino

Meet fire with fire


53 posted on 02/15/2017 2:27:21 PM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I read a lot of this as him lecturing us, to avoid calling the intelligence agencies trying to depose or defang Trump, a “coup”.

The traitors to the constitutional republic must be feeling some heat.


54 posted on 02/15/2017 2:31:17 PM PST by DesertRhino
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Here is my Comment. Civil War is not Civil.


55 posted on 02/15/2017 2:33:12 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
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To: Swirl

“The danger for Trump is if he is goaded into taking a partial police action. The International Socialist will then accuse him of violating the constitution and recommending impeachment.”

And instantly, numerous foreign governments, including many so called “allies” will fall into line to help “save” the USA from a Trump regime.

Trump will have no friends internationally.


56 posted on 02/15/2017 2:38:08 PM PST by DesertRhino
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A .22 will kill you grave yard dead. How much deader do you have to be. And it is not all that loud. Fire one shot, they can’t tell where it came from. Fire two or three and they can start locating it.


57 posted on 02/15/2017 2:41:21 PM PST by sport
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To: ThinkingBuddha

Plus, we will go for the leaders.


58 posted on 02/15/2017 2:43:26 PM PST by sport
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To: xzins

Agreed. And I think we could make the Balkans look like a cake walk. No sane person wants a civil war, but if you try to detach yourself and see things as you would look at it in another nation, it certainly looks like it’s coming.

A wise person these days would be preparing for anything.

My guess as to the trigger, is that the international banking community triggers the destruction of our economy, blames it on Trump. And when he is the new Hoover, and we are destitute, they waltz in and take over.
It would be a perfect way for them to take over, to introduce a new socialist economy, and to punish and silence the Trump voting public.

But agree with your sentiment fully.


59 posted on 02/15/2017 2:44:55 PM PST by DesertRhino
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To: Obadiah

You can forget about the RINOs getting on board. If they did, they would not be RINOs. You need to come up with plan C or D.


60 posted on 02/15/2017 2:46:13 PM PST by sport
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