[farming pharmer]

Ceaușescu fell only after the army deserted him. At what point (if any) would the army desert Macron?

I wonder if the army would have deserted Obama had enough protesters and protesting had come to Washington?

[redfreedom]

A totally different situation. The yellow vest movement is supposedly a mix of both left and right that oppose Macron.

With obama, the left is on his side. Any massive protests by the right would have been met by counter protesting and aggression by the left. It would have been absolute chaos. The cops would have been the ones to fix it.

The army is sworn to defend the Constitution. If obama had done something very obvious, like nullify the 2A or any other important element in the Constitution, then that would give legal authority for the Army to step in. But that would never happen since the left has all but taken over the military.

[Leaning Right]

> I wonder if the army would have deserted Obama had enough protesters and protesting had come to Washington? <

Obama was a disaster...but I’d hope that the generals would have strictly followed the Rule of Law. And so unless Congress removes him, the President is C-in-C. His lawful orders must be obeyed. To do otherwise would open a Pandora’s Box of problems.

By the way, the movie ‘Seven Days in May’ covered this topic. Except for the preachy ending, it’s a good movie. If you haven’t seen it, get it. Here’s the trailer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWL06waOAGw

[longfellow]

Deserted him. I can tell you the marines were never with him.