Sunday, 13 March 2016

Rebellion I know this is extremely unlikely, but, in your opinion, what would the response from the U.S. and world be to a U.S. army turning traitor...

Rogue armies
have been known to take over governments by coups
d'etat; Libya and Argentina being cases in point. Other than a
rogue general taking over Afghanistan or Iraq, you might further consider the possibility of it
happening in this country. It is for this precise reason that our Constitution grants to the
President the power of Commander in Chief. Any general who attempted to act on his own authority
would be immediately relieved of command, and with no funds to pay his army or supplies to
arm/feed them with, such a rebellion would end before it got off the ground. No commander in our
armed services has the resources to equip his own army; and even those who have dared question
the Commander in Chief have been out on their respective ears. Douglas Macarthur is a case in
point: There is ample speculation that Macarthur hoped to be President one day, and began by
openly criticizing President Truman, whom he had deliberately flaunted on more than one
occasion. He soon found out what...

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