Posted on 11/01/2013 2:14:13 PM PDT by don-o
A former top general and current executive at the Family Research Council says members of the military have considered staging a coup d'état against President, but will not because of civilian control of the military.
"People I've spoken to would like to see the military 'fulfill their constitutional duty and take out the president,' " retired Army Lt. Gen. William Boykin told World Net Daily, a website best known for pushing Obama "birther" conspiracy theories. "Our Constitution puts a civilian in charge of the military and as a result a coup would not be constitutional. You're not going to see a coup in the military."
"I talk to a lot of folks who don't support where Obama is taking the military, but in the military they can't say anything," Boykin said.
Boykin, an evangelical Christian who is now the executive vice president of the Family Research Council, was publicly repudiated by President Bush twice in 2003 for saying Muslims worship an "idol" and not "a real God." Last year, Boykin abruptly pulled out of appearing at a West Point ceremony after controversy erupted over the invitation. (Boykin has also said Islam "should not be protected under the First Amendment" and that there should be "no mosques in America" because "a mosque is an embassy for Islam and they recognize only a global caliphate.")
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That is true. Except General officers are never retired and they are always subject to recall.
They may be brought back to active service at anytime...at the descretion of the President. That prevents coups as well.
General Boykin is a good man. A Christian man. He stands up for what GOD says. Not what some stupid man says. Man caused all this mess the world is in. Do we expect man to have the great answers to get us out? Nope. Ain’t gonna happen cause man is too full of himself.
It’s well known that Nixon stole the nomination with dirty tricks from the conservatives(see the book A choice Not an Echo), and then Kennedy stole the election from him in Illinois. What happened then? They got together for a photo op to prove no hard feelings.
So I don’t expect much to happen, when the public at large doesn’t think that there is enough of a problem to make a difference. Right now, people have more to lose than they have to gain by taking any actions, so they are busy imitating the 3 wise monkeys, and the so called News is helping to make sure that the public stays that way.
Men have to do what men have to do. Could that be what they are saying? Just askin’.
Free elections. Yeah, like in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and all the other states that had voter fraud FREELY taking place. Obama won re-election due to voter fraud and the Republican leadership apparently could not have cared less. Obama was never vetted and should have never been a nominee much less president. Everything he has done is illegal.
If that would happen the fight for power would be killer.
I wish them success and quickly, today if not sooner!!!
He needs to be impeached, not “taken out”.
Or much closer to a revolt.
Not really.
You mean “World Net Daily”.
Obama is going to Dallas today. It’s November. What genius came up with that idea? Oh wait.....
“It was utterly stupid of him to make such a statement in public. In fact, he’s gotta be crazy.”
Or paid.
Zero is desperately in need of a media distraction.
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