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I don't think this will happen from the Left, either. I think Bush is counting on "his" military to back him up if he decides NOT to vacate the office of President, and if he "does" Iran and turns the entire WORLD against us he thinks they will be loyal to the country and therefore loyal to him.
I think he is making a huge mistake.
The military is tapped out. We didn't have the juice to pull off the Iraq conflict and we neglected Afghanistan until the the Taliban is ready to become the new Mujahadin.
In plain language, the resources, which were sketchy to begin with (if you exclude dropping the "big one") are now largely depleted, and since Bush has engaged so many forces on the ground in Iraq, if the New Tea Party happens, he's got nothing on hand to back up his regime.
This should surprise no one who is really paying attention. So many of the other symptoms are present:
The search for "Mystic Salvation" ("deus ex machina") is going NUTS to the point of trying to make the military an arm of their cause, The attempts to "circle the wagons" in the party with their stalking horses like Patraeus set out to take the heat, The Party Faithful are not budging on the issues to buy time for the "boss" to get his house in order for "B" Day, And the Opposition are so impotent to stop any of it that the Republicans might as well still be in the majority.
The PROBLEM is the same one that the FAR Left has been bucking for YEARS: ALL of those GUNS out there. Now I don't think that there will be a coup because I don't think the military will support one, but if Bush is crazy enough to try it and there are enough of those "Evangelist" Troops at the time, there could be a very serious insurgency here.
The problem is that it doesn't have to roll down in any similar scenario to throw the country into complete chaos: as Abbie Hoffman said once of New York City (to paraphrase): shut off the water, the power and stop the food trucks coming in, and in a day or two just watch the fun.
I don't want ANY of this to happen, but I don't see how I can stop it.
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