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Retired General: Some in Military Want To 'Take Out' Obama from Presidency...
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Posted on 08/13/2014 9:03:11 PM PDT by lbryce

A retired three star Flag Officer recently stated he knows of certain unnamed individuals within the Armed Forces of having at least considered the possibility of an armed coup d'état aimed directly at of Barack Obama, as reported by the on-line news portal Government Executive on Nov. 4, 2013.

(GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE) -- A former top general and current executive at the Family Research Council says members of the military have considered staging a coup d'état against president, but will not because of civilian control of the military.

"People I've spoken to would like to see the military 'fulfill their constitutional duty and take out the president,' " retired Army Lt. Gen. William Boykin told World Net Daily, a website best known for pushing Obama "birther" conspiracy theories. "Our Constitution puts a civilian in charge of the military and as a result a coup would not be constitutional. You're not going to see a coup in the military."

"I talk to a lot of folks who don't support where Obama is taking the military, but in the military they can't say anything," Boykin said.

(Excerpt) Read more at redflagnews.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: boykin; general
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To: Alas Babylon!
I smell false flag,

Yeah. Me too.

41 posted on 08/13/2014 11:19:28 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: DoughtyOne
I can’t think of a better way to make Obama out to be the hero.

Last thing we need is making him a martyr.

42 posted on 08/13/2014 11:40:43 PM PDT by Focault's Pendulum (I live in NJ....' Nuff said!)
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To: Jim from C-Town

Are you referring to Clinton’s assignations with Monica???


43 posted on 08/14/2014 12:35:38 AM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: lbryce

Problem is that its more than just Obammy and his party.
But him and his toadies would be a good start.
We.could use George Washington today.


44 posted on 08/14/2014 12:40:40 AM PDT by right way right (America has embraced the suck of Freedumb.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
B@$t@rd = McCain..or any other like-minded RINO. 📍
45 posted on 08/14/2014 2:21:44 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a weapon...eh? "Bathhouse" 0'Mullah? d8-)
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To: Leaning Right
"Or what if the media has so distorted things that the people truly don't know what's really going on? Then what?"

How do the people "take out" the media?

46 posted on 08/14/2014 2:35:17 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim ("Your apathy is their power." - Sarah Palin Jul 19, 2014)
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To: lbryce
"World Net Daily" is the National Enquirer with bandwidth.
Sure, sometimes they get it right - but more likely it's "Hillary's alien baby"-type stories.

No real elections will occur in 2016 anyway - that would be our expiration date.

47 posted on 08/14/2014 3:39:57 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: freedomson

Be still my beating heart.


48 posted on 08/14/2014 3:43:34 AM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: ThunderStruck94

That’s because officers don’t reenlist. We take the same oath when commissioned and it is for life. Wonder how much this so-called military officer knows?


49 posted on 08/14/2014 3:45:56 AM PDT by NavyCaptain (NavyCaptain)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Glad you gave the command. They’ve been waiting, holding back for your thumbs up. And now the dominoes are falling at a propitious rate....


50 posted on 08/14/2014 4:43:55 AM PDT by lbryce (Barack Obama:Misbegotten, Bastard Offspring of Satan and Medusa.)
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To: Jim from C-Town

What about when a Congress is too complicit to impeach?


51 posted on 08/14/2014 4:57:00 AM PDT by Petrosius
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To: lbryce

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52 posted on 08/14/2014 5:09:32 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a weapon...eh? "Bathhouse" 0'Mullah? d8-)
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To: lbryce

Burt Lancaster or Kirk Douglas?
7 Days in May,as a primer


53 posted on 08/14/2014 5:14:09 AM PDT by ballplayer
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To: lbryce

I hear the libs are afraid Tony Stewart wants to drive down Obama and to fling him into the next state.


55 posted on 08/14/2014 5:16:35 AM PDT by Spartan302 (Summer in Alaska, winter in Australia! Riding year round.)
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To: lbryce

Senior officers only option is to serve or resign.

None of them have resigned. That shows you the mettle of todays military leadership - senior officers and general staff.

They want the perks of their position, and don’t really care about America or it’s military.

Just like Obama.

No honor amongst them is apparent, just execution of orders that result in needless deaths of US soldiers.

Perhaps its a generational thing. We need to get past this generation of military leaders - from the commander-in-chief on down to 0-6 and hope that there are true leaders in the pipeline.


56 posted on 08/14/2014 5:18:31 AM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: ZULU

I must disagree. A sitting president who commits treason should suffer the maximum penalty and serve as a non-living example for the rest of eternity.


57 posted on 08/14/2014 5:20:37 AM PDT by Lee'sGhost ("Just look at the flowers, Lizzie. Just look at the flowers.")
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To: ZULU

Why impeach him?

Just remove him from office, arrest him, try him for treason, and give him a just sentence for such treason.


58 posted on 08/14/2014 5:43:26 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: lbryce

More left-wing Democrat agitprop if you ask me.


59 posted on 08/14/2014 6:05:15 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: lbryce

Well supposedly there is a faction in the military called Dark Horse that wants to take out the trash.


60 posted on 08/14/2014 7:50:12 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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