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O'Keefe warns of 'military coup' - The Irish Times - Wed, Feb 16, 2011
While the winds of change continue to blow furiously across the Arab world, outgoing Cork TD Ned O'Keeffe has warned that Ireland might be next.

Mr O'Keeffe (whose son Kevin is standing for Fianna Fail in the Cork East constituency) has warned of the very real possibility of a military coup.

According to a report published in today's Evening Echo , Mr O'Keeffe said "The situation has become so bad that an Army coup is a real possibility."

Blaming Taoiseach Brian Cowen and Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan for hastening the possibility of a military takeover, Mr O'Keeffe issued the following warning:

"Our political system is going to fail further. The two Brians have made a right mess of the country and I see the real possibility of an Army coup.

He must be suffering from political senility if he thinks the army would want to take over governing Ireland at the moment...

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Wed Feb 16th, 2011 at 04:15:27 PM EST
Re: A military coup in Ireland? (none / 1)
No, no, no, Frank. A "military coup" is when the military refuses to use tanks to crush an IMF riot.

Obviously, that danger is present as long as the Fianna Fail or Fine Gael are in government - because they might be stupid enough to both provoke an IMF riot and order it crushed.

- Jake

Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Thu Feb 17th, 2011 at 12:01:43 AM EST
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See my Barroso to plebes: nice indebted democracy you have there... on June 17th, 2010.
"I had a discussion with Barroso last Friday about what can be done for Greece, Spain, Portugal and the rest and his message was blunt: 'Look, if they do not carry out these austerity packages, these countries could virtually disappear in the way that we know them as democracies. They've got no choice, this is it'."
Barroso is EPP, too.

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by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Feb 17th, 2011 at 02:49:10 AM EST
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What military is he talking about? Did we acquire one with some political standing when I wasn't looking?
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Feb 17th, 2011 at 02:21:30 AM EST
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