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Ex-Obama Official Suggests ‘Military Coup’ Against Trump
Breitbart ^ | 2 Feb 2017 | by AARON KLEIN

Posted on 02/02/2017 8:00:05 AM PST by Resettozero

In a blog post for Foreign Policy magazine, Rosa Brooks, a former Obama administration official, outlined four ways to “get rid” of President Trump, including declaring him mentally unfit for command or carrying out a military coup. Brooks is a Schwartz senior fellow at the New America Foundation, which is funded by billionaire George Soros’s Open Society Foundations. She served from 2009-2011 as Counselor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and served as a senior adviser at Obama’s State Department.

Her posting is titled “3 Ways to Get Rid of President Trump Before 2020,” although the piece actually outlines four ways.

In what seems to be a deliberate tactic, Brooks repeatedly questions Trump’s mental stability, claiming that the president’s first week in office “has made it all too clear: Yes, he is as crazy as everyone feared.”

Brooks, who is not a mental health professional, offered no evidence for her armchair psychological evaluation other than citing policies that she doesn’t like.

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To: Resettozero

We need to compile a deck of cards on these seditionists for future use.


61 posted on 02/02/2017 9:15:15 AM PST by TADSLOS (Reset Underway!)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden
Well, the left can forget about the military coup. The problem with that scenario is that the vast majority of the military voted for President Trump.

I saw a video last night of a convoy of military vehicles on a highway. The lead vehicle was flying a blue flag with the name, Trump, on it. That gave me a big smile.

62 posted on 02/02/2017 9:54:46 AM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Windflier
I saw a video last night of a convoy of military vehicles on a highway. The lead vehicle was flying a blue flag with the name, Trump, on it. That gave me a big smile.

As did I. Let's see if I can find a YouTube link to it...

Here it is...

Hummer Convoy-Trump Flag

ENJOY!

63 posted on 02/02/2017 11:11:43 AM PST by publius911 (I SUPPORT MY PRESIDENT!!!)
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To: Resettozero
Brooks, who is not a mental health professional, offered no evidence for her armchair psychological evaluation other than citing policies that she doesn’t like.

Historically, this has always been the preferred criteria for declaring political enemies mentally unfit.
64 posted on 02/02/2017 11:21:05 AM PST by Sopater (Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? - Matthew 20:15a)
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To: Sopater
Historically, this has always been the preferred criteria for declaring political enemies mentally unfit.

The most certain way to grasp that a human being is insane, or " "mentally unfit," is to observe how they act, not what they say...

This disqualifies most of the Federal legislature, both House and Senate.

65 posted on 02/02/2017 1:24:24 PM PST by publius911 (I SUPPORT MY PRESIDENT!!!)
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To: Whenifhow; Donna Lee Nardo; KC_Lion; null and void; Velveeta; Myrddin; Godzilla; Oorang; ...

Check out article and #51 , #52 .

Thanks, Whenifhow.

66 posted on 02/02/2017 2:28:01 PM PST by LucyT
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“Proposing the violent overthrow of the government. And not in jail?”

Ditto. An example needs to be made of these idiots. Throw them in prison and let them REALLY learn what butt hurt means. Honestly - I’ve never seen so many people with so little power filled with so much arrogance.

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67 posted on 02/02/2017 2:30:46 PM PST by LucyT
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

Not a chance in hell of a military coup.

And President Trump is crazy because he loves America and wants good for us?

It has never been clearer: The last eight years, we have been ruled by America’s enemies.


68 posted on 02/02/2017 2:39:38 PM PST by Lazamataz (I hereby coin a new Internet acronym: NTOWY -- Not Tired Of Winning Yet.)
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To: Resettozero

For those of you who don’t know me, I have extensive history and connections in leftist activism from previous movements, but I’m essentially a pariah now because I split with them when the the SJWs seized power from the older relatively moderate activists and went full authoritarianism. None the less.. I’m still in all those social circles and I see the discussions going on behind the scenes.

After a long progression, and seeing how things have settled out after the Trump election: We’re headed for rebellion and possibly a full blown civil war. I’ve always been skeptical of that largely because neither side would be willing to fire the first shot. That is no longer the case. There is universal calls for, planning of, and efforts to conduct warfare within the left right now. And I don’t mean that in the metaphorical sense. They are raising their army.

What’s always held the left back in the past is that they knew they could never win in a violent conflict. Both because of a lack of skill, experience, and equipment, but also because of internal disagreement on tactics; being that most within the left would not engage in violence because they believed the greatest strategy was to hold the moral high ground and ruin support and assistance to their opponents. This is no longer the case.

Within the left the pacifists have been solidly silenced by a massive propaganda effort and intimidation (expressing even remotely pacifist views within the left right now can put you in physical danger and in danger of losing things like employment and other social and economic needs). Even people who were extremely vocal and dedicated absolute pacifists, are now reduced to at the very least openly providing passive support for political violence. At this point ‘punching NAZIs’ is all the rage. They’ve managed to dehumanize their political opponents so that’s no longer considered wrong to physically harm them. They’re all looking for a NAZI to punch. And right now anyone who does it perfectly mirror their political views, is a NAZI. And it’s already primed to move into ‘killing NAZIs.’’

And of course the biggest limiting factor is that they have known that they do not stand a chance against a well armed and sufficiently skilled political rights and moderates. After countless efforts to disarm the right in order to reduce it to an inferior fighting force, the AnComs and such have moved to arming themselves. It is no longer a social taboo. Everyone accepts it as a necessary evil. But beyond the arms, the turning point on this front is that they now universally believe themselves to have such a massive majority of the population backing them that they have a significant military advantage. This due to propoganda efforts (the same ones that told them Hillary was going to win in a landslide) and because of a massive mobilization network. They believe they can mass so many people at one location so quickly that they can overwhelm defenders and seize their resources, disperse, and then strike again repeatedly until the right has been defeated.

Here’s an example of what I’m seeing being said within activist circles:

Quote:
History may occur in patterns but it’s hardly predictable, least of all to the participants on the ground. In late October, no one really expected Trump would win. And tonight we are witnessing another unpredictable scenario—less than a week after the largest protests in US history, thousands of people across the country are shutting down airports to help their Muslim brothers and sisters. Make no mistake, what we’re seeing is unlike anything our country has seen in decades. It’s like Occupy and Black Lives Matter, immigration, and the nuclear protests all wrapped into one giant orange **** storm. I’m putting my chips on the table: Trump will be the first President brought down by a popular revolution...and it’s going to happen in months not years. Obama’s presidency bought mileage for the empire by assuaging liberals, but Trump is stepping on the gas with empty fumes. We are going to get our second revolution, and it will be spectacular.

This is not what I was expecting to see after a Trump election. I figured people would just get moody and ****y and whine and gripe, but eventually moderate themselves and return to the old left. I was expecting 4 more years of the left from the Bush years. Instead they’ve doubled down on everything and gotten far more extreme in their desire to forcefully impose their will on others and their belief that they have the power to successfully do so. These people are in a frenzy and they’re now completing with each other as to who’s the most militant and violent. That spiral will eventually escalate to a point of open conflict. I’ve never been so worried about a civil war as I am right now. And with my pariah status I’m concerned I worry I may very well become a target. It’s enough that I’m out of the political debate for safety reasons, just like a couple years ago I had to pull out of street protesting for the same reason.

What I expect at this point is something that will play out on a very similar path as the 2014 Ukrainian revolution.

http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=665529


69 posted on 02/02/2017 2:44:21 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

We hear you but are you leaving God Almighty out of your equation? That would be a mistake. Thanks for the thoughtful post. R2z


70 posted on 02/02/2017 3:37:28 PM PST by Resettozero
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To: Resettozero
Calling for a military coup against Trump is advocating for an all-out INSTANT CIVIL WAR and that's not even speculation.
71 posted on 02/02/2017 4:46:57 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Females DESTROYED America.)
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To: Resettozero

President Trump is crazy as a fox.

Rosa Brooks is engaging in sedition and should get a visit from the Secret Service.


72 posted on 02/02/2017 4:47:09 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Our 8 Year Nightmare Has Ended!)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

The problem with that scenario is that the vast majority of the military voted for President Trump.

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I was just going to say that it’s pretty hard to have a military coup when most of the military voted to get you out.


73 posted on 02/02/2017 4:47:37 PM PST by kara37
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To: Resettozero

That person is a terrorist,

They should face trial in a court of law and the rope if found guilty


74 posted on 02/02/2017 4:48:50 PM PST by WashingtonFire
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To: Resettozero

We own the guns....


75 posted on 02/02/2017 4:54:02 PM PST by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
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To: WashingtonFire

I would think as a former gov’t official she is held to a higher standard of conduct than a mere ‘civilian’ and more easily and reasonably CHARGED with a crime here.


76 posted on 02/02/2017 4:54:15 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Females DESTROYED America.)
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The Democrat Thug Party.


77 posted on 02/02/2017 4:56:13 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Resettozero

Why is George Soros, no less dangerous to our nation than Adolf Hitler was, still at large?


78 posted on 02/02/2017 5:06:14 PM PST by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: Resettozero

Interesting that she’s involved with the New America Foundation given this week’s prayer breakfast banter between Trump and Arnold Schwarzenager....
Arnold’s admin has a close relationship with the New America Foundation:

CA: Governor heeds health study
by NormsRevenge · 5 replies · 401+ views
Sac Bee ^ | 1/2/07 | Aurelio Rojas

When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wanted to build public support for his eagerly awaited health care overhaul, he turned to a study by the New America Foundation. The report, released recently by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute, concluded that the average family in California pays a $1,200 “hidden tax” to subsidize health care for the uninsured. Never mind that Families USA, a liberal advocacy group, released a similar study in 2005. The Schwarzenegger administration has cultivated a close relationship with the New America Foundation, whose centrist philosophy is more in tune with the governor. Administration officials heard New America was working...


79 posted on 02/02/2017 5:12:19 PM PST by piasa
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To: Resettozero

Now that both Rosa Brooks and Sarah Silverman have called for a military coup I’m sure Gen. Mattis will get right on it.


80 posted on 02/02/2017 5:14:18 PM PST by TigersEye (Winning. Winning winning winning every day!!!)
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