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https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/pete-hegseth-... ("Trump Tells Generals the Military Will Be Used to Fight ‘Enemy Within’"))

You should look up on how coups work. Unless they want to end up like the south korean president, they should size up the military. That’s what it is about and if you are working on a coup, it’s worth every penny especially that the public is the one paying for it.

What? You do know "sizing up the military" is exactly why the South Korean president was ousted, right? He tried to declare martial law and parliament completely shut that down. Not exactly the thing you want to announce when you've had hostile neighbors for 70 years.

Let them dig their own grave if true, but I'm confused what yirre getting at.

Sizing up the military is going/inviting the military leaders multiple times to figure out if they will stand with you in the case of a coup. That’s not what the South Korean president did. Many people here confuse a coup to a direct seizing of power and the president declaring himself a dictator. A coup is fast but gradual seizing of power that starts by seizing one element (ie: law enforcement of a state, a senator, an official, etc.) gradually to seizing the courts.

That seems useless to me because people can indeed lie (this admin knows that all too well). Or change their mind when on the heat of the battlefield.

And of course, it's peak paranoia. You can't be performing a hostile, illegal siezure of power and call anyone who wants to follow the law an insurrectionist. The Consistution defines that for us.

Agree! Talk about bold leadership ... talk about classing this dump up ... /s

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