Posted on Sep 10, 2015
Would you support a military coup in the United States?
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Do I wan't the country taken over by the minds that brought us Reflective belts and colored patches on camouflage uniforms? No... Not even a little bit...
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YES.The Army birthed this nation and is the living soul and moral authority in the USA.
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I find it kind of abhorrent that anyone in this country would support a military coup. It's primal, archaic and wholly inefficient. It would take a special and beyond extreme circumstance (i.e. Non-military govt. organizations causing harm to Americans) for something like that to happen and I find that very unlikely. Until then, that's not how we do things here.
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Nope. For many reasons, but the big two being that:
1.) We have a republic and some sort of representative government. Does it have issues with corruption? Hell yes it does. Could it be improved? Yep. But it functions, even if not well. Politicians and government officials can be removed from office through constitutional means. Until that ceases to be the case, we need to abide by the Constitution, no matter how much we like or dislike POTUS, Congress and the various courts.
2.)Let's face it, most, if not all revolutions, government overthrows and coups don't end up making things better but rather the opposite. A military government that has overthrown a civilian government rarely gives up their newly acquired power(and reconstitutes any kind of representative government) and when it does, it usually takes decades if not longer. Same with violent revolutions, which often end up with the new leaders acting worse then the ones they overthrew(despite how bad the old government may have been).
1.) We have a republic and some sort of representative government. Does it have issues with corruption? Hell yes it does. Could it be improved? Yep. But it functions, even if not well. Politicians and government officials can be removed from office through constitutional means. Until that ceases to be the case, we need to abide by the Constitution, no matter how much we like or dislike POTUS, Congress and the various courts.
2.)Let's face it, most, if not all revolutions, government overthrows and coups don't end up making things better but rather the opposite. A military government that has overthrown a civilian government rarely gives up their newly acquired power(and reconstitutes any kind of representative government) and when it does, it usually takes decades if not longer. Same with violent revolutions, which often end up with the new leaders acting worse then the ones they overthrew(despite how bad the old government may have been).
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I will never take arms against the American people or its government. If anything I will be fighting by its side against any group factions, be it military or civilian. We have a Constitution and in it there is a process to remove a tyrannical government.
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SPC Kortney Kistler
In the historical rhetoric of our founding fathers one of the prominent ways and means to be rid of a tyrannical government was by force, hence the 2nd Amendment.
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SSgt Alex Robinson Sure. If Obama ordered a nuclear strike against Canada tomorrow. Short of that, no way.
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Well at least now I have some Idea where a question like that would even come up.
43% Of Republicans Say They Could Support A Military Overthrow Of The U.S. Government
We live in very strange times.
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MAJ (Join to see)
You really need to evaluate the sources of the data before you post...this is not at all credible.
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It really depends on the ideology and what the purpose of the coup is. But generally, no I would not support a coup.
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Here is the thing we are the UNITED States of America, we are this way because our forefathers refused to allow states to secede from the Union. Our Unity is what gives us strength. Our size and the nature of our country dictates that a Coup in the United States would not be clean. There would be numerous fighting elements in support of defending the Constitution. There is also the factor of Countries outside of the U.S. sending their forces, airpower... here in support of an Administration that is catering to them. Beyond this there are powers which will send forces not for support of either agenda but because of their own interest. Evil in the world is kept at bay because we are mighty, the fights against the evil remain for the most part off of our soil because we have a strong military presence around the world. There are many who look us in the eye smile and shake our hands who would stab us in the back and carve their own piece of us for themselves. Don't be naive, we may not have exactly what we want, but what we have is much better than what could be and we do have the ability to stage a coup every four years, it's called ELECTIONS in case anyone has forgotten. Let's not become the DIVIDED States of America.
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