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@tomwatson
No. Youre SMART because, history.
This is a much bigger op than most of us are aware. Youre right to be concerned. We all should be. Trumps been fanning the flames for too long. He (and his handlers & GOP hacks) are counting on this very thing to happen.
I believe America will survive the next 5 months.
Battered but not beaten.
#💙2020
Did anyone watch the mini series or read the book " The Plot Against America"?
HBO-Trailer:
Premise. The Plot Against America imagines "an alternate American history told through the eyes of a working-class Jewish family in Newark, New Jersey, as they watch the political rise of Charles Lindbergh, an aviator-hero and xenophobic populist, who becomes president and turns the nation toward fascism."
Laelth
(32,017 posts)Theres no way that our professional military (the best in the world) is supporting Trump in some kind of coup.
No. Not happening.
We really do have a very professional military. I trust them with my life. I trust them with the safety and security of my nation. I trust them with the lives of my children and future grandchildren. We have every right to trust our military. There are some bad apples in the military, sure, but, as a whole, I couldnt ask for better.
-Laelth
If Trump would call for Marshall law or Military to assist in his grand scheme, would our Military oppose him?
This is just going with a hypothetical for the sake of exploring the subject.
At what point do they stand against a tyrant President?
Especially if He has his loyalists in the upper echelons of the military giving the orders per Trump?
My son in law is ex Air Force & says the Military protects their country before any & all threats.
I would hope so!
I guess that would be the moment America reaches critical mass..
Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)It's worth thinking about. Wound up thinking about Posse Comitatus.
Here's what I just read on Wikipedia. I find it fascinating.
It's was enacted 23 years after the civil war.
It was the result of a disputed election (sound familiar?) and was the end of reconstruction.
The election was between Tilden(D) and Hayes(R). Tilden won the popular vote. Neither had an undisputed electoral vote win. There were 20 disputed voted that would determine the election. Back then, the Supreme Court didn't decide; that time Congress decided.
and here's what they did:
Of course back then (D) and (R) were reversed on matters of race in my opinion.
But here's what the law also did:
It was suspended between 2006-2007 by GWB and Congress. I had completely forgotten. It was restored in 2008.
There was a narrowing under Obama
A person who was a part of or substantially supported al-Qaeda, the Taliban, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners, including any person who has committed a belligerent act or has directly supported such hostilities in aid of such enemy forces.[13]
I'm not disputing anything you said. It just got me thinking and I learned something interesting.
Reading up isn't exactly comforting though.