Monday, February 06, 2017

Rosa Brooks, Obama Pentagon official, says anti-Trump military coup possible

Rosa Brooks, Obama Pentagon official, says anti-Trump military coup possible - Washington Times
"A former Defense Department official under the Obama administration has raised the specter of a military coup to remove President Donald Trump from power.
Image result for Coup d'EtatIn an editorial penned for Foreign Policy, senior Pentagon policy official Rosa Brooks publicly suggested a military insurrection against the Trump administration may be the only option to oust one of the most divisive presidents in American history.
“Donald Trump’s first week as president has made it all too clear: Yes, he is as crazy as everyone feared,” Ms. Brooks wrote. “[One] possibility is one that until recently I would have said was unthinkable in the United States of America: a military coup, or at least a refusal by military leaders to obey certain orders.”
For the first time in her career in public service, including three years as senior counselor to the Pentagon’s policy chief from 2009 to 2011, “I can imagine plausible scenarios in which senior military officials might simply tell the president: ‘No, sir. We’re not doing that.’”..."

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