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Well, there's a lot of this that is somewhat scary. I don't know about the people who have posted comments about a faux-Osama capture and the like, however, don't push anything too far from your minds.
As a soldier myself, I've noted first-hand that sometimes the government takes care of things its own way. many times, that means going against the grain of what the people expect or deserve. This is, somewhat unfortunately, how America operates. Chance occurances happen often, sometimes more often than leaves me feeling comfortable with it. The Bush administration has had many of those occurances...
From the Florida vote fiasco right in the beginning to the more recent turn of the tide with the beheading of the first American, which just so happened to QUICKLY take the edge off of anti-American sentiment over the Abu Graib prison scandal. I'm not a conspiracist by any means, but there is a certain law of odds and averages that seems to be stacked in Bush's favor.
Now, I love my country, my military and the People who I am sworn to protect. Bush is our Commander-in-Chief, and I follow oredrs that come down from him or those appointed under him. It doesn't mean I like the guy. Frankly, between Bush and Kerry, I think we're damned if we do, damned if we don't.
Moving back to the topic at hand...
Martial Law basically cannot happen nation-wide without some serious ammendments to the Constitution. Even if it were to be declared, there are not enough military pesonnel in CONUS to satisfy the requirements of such a thing.
Declaring Martial Law and closing the polls would be a sign of weakness and defeat in the global eye. This would not suit Bush well, nor the country at large and has no value to the current Administration. Will votes be contested? Probably... Will there be chaos, mostly of our own doing in November? Probably... Will there be terrorist attacks? I doubt it highly!
Life is status quo until it all goes to hell. We all just need to keep a cool, level head and things will be just peachy in the end.
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