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Originally Posted by pan6467
I simply point out that history has taught us the military will turn on their own, after a post said it wouldn't happen. I was NOT comparing Bush to anyone of those people. I don't believe him to be.
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None of those were the American military. And say what you will about this country (such as it really is kind of f$cked up these days) and it's all true...but we still do have a pretty strong national myth of democracy and self-rule. We have a legitimated tradition of the military not doing that shit. None of those countries had that. Despite the real possibilities for abuses, i do not think these worst case scenarios of military fema whatever rule are worth talking about.
They weren't credible when it was armed loons in montana talking about Kaiser Klinton and the coming UN, ATF and FEMA eschaton. It isn't credible now. And whatever you want to say about not personally comparing Bush to genocidal leaders...you're trying to back out of the corner you put yourself into. I didn't need to do any word twisting to say that you'd Godwin'd it pretty strongly there.
i'm as partisan a democrat as you're likely to find and i think this is nuts.