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Originally Posted by Carn
Um, who ever said that the military would be "completely compliant?" Looking back at history, there was almost never a case of someone taking power without a civil war.
Hell, I don't think Bush could take over the US, but if the laws are in place, what's to keep some future dipshit president from trying it?
History is a fucking textbook. Learn from it. It's shit like this that makes me so mad. You think it could never happen now, but I'm sure that a lot of people in the past thought it couldn't happen in their country either. Slowly but surely, the government is chipping away. Little increases here, little decreases there, small enough so that nobody will notice.
Yeah sure Bush could change the laws and say that the military would only be used in the event of a disease. But what exactly is stopping a president from declaring martial law when there wasn't a disease? Bush invaded two countries based on lies, for God's sake. Get a clue people.
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So lets declare an official threadjack.
Now please list the two (2) countries that were invaded based on lies.
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Ok, charlatan, I'll cut the rookie some slack. You know how my moodswings are, I get pissy then happy, then just don't care. If it weren't for these hot-flashes....
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Seriously though, If marshal law was able to contain the outbreak, that would be great. But I've got concerns as well that it would probably spread to several cities before any action would take place. Sure, the first reports would be in Detroit, marshal law is declared, Detroid is quarantiened. But before the first day is over reports would be coming from Chicago, Philadelphia, and Kansas City. You know how it goes. But I agree with Charlatan on this one 100%, if there was an outbreak of a killer flu, marshal law and bush becoming supreme dictator is the last of your worries.
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One more thing...So tech, FEMA is now capeable of controlling this, and isn't the nat'l guard military? and I know the difference, but it would make sense to me to have centralized government controlling the situation that state governers. like I said, if it hits one city, it will be in many states.