The Origins of the American Military Coup of 2012

evil_orange_cat

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Thu May-13-04 08:25 PM
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The Origins of the American Military Coup of 2012

Edited on Thu May-13-04 08:32 PM by evil_orange_cat

On another forum, someone posted this. I think the DU would like to read this.

from Salon.com:

One high-level military strategist told me that Rumseld is "detested" and that "if there's a sentiment in the Army, it is 'Support Our Troops, Impeach Rumsfeld.'"

The Council on Foreign Relations has been showing old movies with renewed relevance to its members. "The Battle of Algiers," which depicts the nature and costs of a struggle with terrorism, is the latest feature. The seething in the military against Bush and Rumsfeld might prompt a showing of "Seven Days in May," about a coup staged by a right-wing general against a weak liberal president, an artifact of the conservative hatred of President Kennedy in the early 1960s.

In 1992, Gen. Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, awarded the prize for his Strategy Essay Competition at the National Defense University to Lt. Col. Charles J. Dunlap for "The Origins of the American Military Coup of 2012." His cautionary tale imagined an incapable civilian government creating a vacuum that draws a competent military into a coup disastrous for democracy. The military, of course, is bound to uphold the Constitution. But Dunlap wrote: "The catastrophe that occurred on our watch took place because we failed to speak out against policies we knew were wrong. It's too late for me to do any more. But it's not for you." "The Origins of the American Military Coup of 2012" is being circulated today among top U.S. military strategists.

link: http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2004/05/13/resign/index_np.html?x

Here's a link for the piece: http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/esi/2002/CivilLiberties/Projects/Origins.pdf

I've just begun to read this for myself, but it is definitely good stuff. It's very scary when life begins to imitate fiction.

Enjoy.

EDIT: fixed link

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kaitykaity

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Thu May-13-04 08:29 PM
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1. Link to original article appears to be

broken. :shrug:

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democracyindanger

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Thu May-13-04 08:31 PM
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2. Try this one

http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/esi/2002/CivilLiberties/Projects/Origins.pdf

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0rganism

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Thu May-13-04 08:32 PM
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3. The elipses in your links aren't expanding to make the full URL

Odd. First time I've seen that link misbehavior here.

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evil_orange_cat

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Thu May-13-04 08:32 PM
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4. They are fixed now

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kaitykaity

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Thu May-13-04 08:47 PM
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5. Here's an HTML version of the original piece.

http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usawc/Parameters/1992/dunlap.htm

.pdf'S drive my little computer nuts.

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evil_orange_cat

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Thu May-13-04 09:08 PM
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6. thank you

for some reason only the PDF version works for me :(

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kaitykaity

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Thu May-13-04 09:11 PM
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7. I just did a Google search with the title and

that page came up. Does that link not work for you?
I'm really looking forward to reading that.

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evil_orange_cat

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Thu May-13-04 09:12 PM
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8. yeah the .mil link won't work for me for whatever reason

that's why I posted the PDF... but apparantly others can access the HTML version. :)

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kaitykaity

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Thu May-13-04 09:15 PM
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9. Kewl.

Something else to add to the lexicon, like 1984 and
The Iron Heel.

;)

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evil_orange_cat

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Thu May-13-04 09:42 PM
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11. what I found surprising is that this is going through military circles.

and I'm definitely glad to hear the military doesn't like Rummy... that guy's a shithead.

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kaitykaity

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Thu May-13-04 09:44 PM
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12. Oh, my.

That is good news.

Well, if you believe Randi (and I may post this on
her discussion board), they have reason to detest
Rummy, because of the corporatization of the military,
with outsourcing of so many military functions to
overpaid civilian contractors.

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evil_orange_cat

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Thu May-13-04 10:17 PM
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13. yeah the privatization of the military was covered in Krugman's book...

... I think...

"The Great Unraveling" by Paul Krugman. :thumbsup:

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Thu May-13-04 09:24 PM
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10. Worth reading. eom

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