Quote:Why would the military bother to throw a coup when it can essentially rule without toppling the government?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/17...29046.html
Quote:WASHINGTON -- Large new cuts in defense spending would "terribly weaken" U.S. national security, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday as he and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton used a rare joint interview to argue that the nation cannot afford to keep playing partisan chicken with its finances.
"These lily-livered politicians want to destroy our ability to protect this nation. WE have to save our country from all enemies. Let's get 'em, boys!!!!"
(And please don't tell me it couldn't happen here. If history has taught us anything it is that it can happen anywhere.)