he's certainly a representative of one of the factions at court. Which is sort of scary really: the military isn't meant to be a court faction in the US, is it?
Given the irrational nature of administration play on Iran, it's refreshing to hear a semblance of sanity from a power center. But it's probably just a voice, albeit one which might mount a counter-coup if it came to that. "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
perhaps someone should point out the precedents to george Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
Parameters, US Army War College Quarterly: The Origins of the American Military Coup of 2012 by Charles J. Dunlap, JR. in Winter 1992
The letter that follows takes us on a darkly imagined excursion into the future. A military coup has taken place in the United States--the year is 2012--and General Thomas E. T. Brutus, Commander-in-Chief of the Unified Armed Forces of the United States, now occupies the White House as permanent Military Plenipotentiary. His position has been ratified by a national referendum, though scattered disorders still prevail and arrests for acts of sedition are underway. A senior retired officer of the Unified Armed Forces, known here simply as Prisoner 222305759, is one of those arrested, having been convicted by court-martial for opposing the coup. Prior to his execution, he is able to smuggle out of prison a letter to an old War College classmate discussing the "Origins of the American Military Coup of 2012." In it, he argues that the coup was the outgrowth of trends visible as far back as 1992. These trends were the massive diversion of military forces to civilian uses, the monolithic unification of the armed forces, and the insularity of the military community. His letter survives and is here presented verbatim. It goes without saying (I hope) that the coup scenario above is purely a literary device intended to dramatize my concern over certain contemporary developments affecting the armed forces, and is emphatically not a prediction. -- The Author
The letter that follows takes us on a darkly imagined excursion into the future. A military coup has taken place in the United States--the year is 2012--and General Thomas E. T. Brutus, Commander-in-Chief of the Unified Armed Forces of the United States, now occupies the White House as permanent Military Plenipotentiary. His position has been ratified by a national referendum, though scattered disorders still prevail and arrests for acts of sedition are underway. A senior retired officer of the Unified Armed Forces, known here simply as Prisoner 222305759, is one of those arrested, having been convicted by court-martial for opposing the coup. Prior to his execution, he is able to smuggle out of prison a letter to an old War College classmate discussing the "Origins of the American Military Coup of 2012." In it, he argues that the coup was the outgrowth of trends visible as far back as 1992. These trends were the massive diversion of military forces to civilian uses, the monolithic unification of the armed forces, and the insularity of the military community. His letter survives and is here presented verbatim.
It goes without saying (I hope) that the coup scenario above is purely a literary device intended to dramatize my concern over certain contemporary developments affecting the armed forces, and is emphatically not a prediction. -- The Author
There have been media reports, including Sy Hersh, indicating several power enclaves within the military as well. I would doubt that the good general is part of the born-again apocalypsters team.
Battling, corrupt factions with their own power structures was also the way certain fascist governments were organised, and part of the reason they were so dysfunctional. But of course we can't make any comparisons because such comparisons, however apt, apparently trivialise the suffering caused by these governments.
Probably is some kind of mix of being the "new" service (which could be filled with political people... at least when it was new 50 years ago) and the hubris aquired by soaring around in the sky, untouchable, and dropping bombs on people.
Godlike. Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
And I was actually thinking more of the WW2 Luftwaffe than the US Air Force, even if that organization had had its fair share of crazies. Like General Curtis LeMay. Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
