Posted on Sep 10, 2015
Would you support a military coup in the United States?
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so where does that place civilians? Will they support? Or, leave the Military completely responsible?
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In general, everyone is tap dancing around the main issue...... Some people have more faith in the Military's ability to follow the constitution than they do their elected representatives.... Some have reminded us that the laws on the books were put there by the preceding congress's and presidents....but IF the Supreme Court was doing it's job instead of legislating from the bench, a great deal of them would be struck down. The solution is to get political figures that follow the constitution, and are not perpetually trying to 'stay' elected, or be 'bought' by whatever constituency they think will help them 'stay' elected....!
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Not only no, but hell no.
Are you TRYING to get folks' security clearances revoked?
Are you TRYING to get folks' security clearances revoked?
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There are only two legal ways to change the government. The first is at the ballot box, and the second is through the impeachment process in congress. There are no exceptions.
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depends on the situation... if the federal gvt ordered martial law or some other extreme measure then YES! I'd support secession in lieu of such should NC garner the momentum to do so or move to TX if they did...
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I would not but I am not surprised at the poll either. There are so many people who are fed up with the government and do not understand how the military works. We have elected leaders who make questionable decisions and constantly change their minds whichever way the wind blow. The American people are fed up to the point that they want a change. The media has built up the military to a hero status so they look at the coup as an option.
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While there is still methods of changing things peacefully I cannot support this at all. One of our most cherished traditions is civilian control of the military and a coup would go against the very thing that we swore to protect. Agree or disagree with the government, that is fine. We have mechanisms to change how our government acts without resorting to violence. It is not easy to do but it can be done. I think the poll is symptom of the real issue that is people feel powerless to change things and that people feel like Washington is disconnected from the American people.
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A coup would be the death of America. At this juncture, any such event would be one set of people deciding that they can't win at the ballot box, so they'll win by force. That is the anti-thesis of our founding principles.
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Absolutely not, its not who we are as a people.
Sure we get pissed off at our government and how things work out sometimes. Yeah admittedly we have problems of all levels but we constantly work them out.
A coup is something that is not for the United States, maybe in a Hollywood movie but not in reality.
Sure we get pissed off at our government and how things work out sometimes. Yeah admittedly we have problems of all levels but we constantly work them out.
A coup is something that is not for the United States, maybe in a Hollywood movie but not in reality.
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