(July 14, 2016 at 2:33 am)Minimalist Wrote: Dubya may have been an idiot but wasn't nuts. No one knew until well into his second term that Ronnie's elevator wasn't reaching the top floor.
I actually see little long term hope for the US. I regard a military coup as more likely than not.
And half the population will be cheering.
I don't think a coup will come to pass in our lifetimes. No country, America included, is immune to the tide of history, but the principle of civilian control of the military is more deeply ingrained that you seem to think.