[Jim Noble]

History proves otherwise

Yes it does.

This only ends one way, as history has shown over and over and over.

Cromwell, Pinochet, or Suharto?

Minimum damage, if we're very lucky. Long-lasting disaster, much more probable.

[Rummyfan]

This only ends one way, as history has shown over and over and over. Cromwell, Pinochet, or Suharto?

I don't see any way out: either dictatorship or the nation breaks up into two or more smaller countries. Whether there will be another civil war... who knows?

[Rummyfan]

Although I do fancy a Cromwell-type telling Congrees and Obama that they have been too long here and done no good!