Hmm...let me guess who the three countervailing forces were in the USSR:
Soviet army & air force
Forces of the ministry of the interior (MVD)
Strategic rocket forces. Close? Or was one of those the KGB?
I will always hate Clinton for what he did to our higher ranks. He was the Vietnam era draft dodger getting even with the military whom he hated. Making high ranking officers report to the WH in civilian clothes. Did Obama do the same?
When my father passed away (WWII, Korea, Vietnam, & two Pentagon tours) Mom was cleaning out his clothes closet & several business suits turned up. Mom explained that whenever Dad’s boss & his staff in OSD were summoned to the WH, the hateful Lyndon Johnson with his phony WWII combat award made them wear civilian clothes. All active duty military.
And now there is talk of a coup. Disgusting!
I count the commissars attached to each army unit with the power to countermand or to shoot commanders. They were a separate organization in themselves. Maybe KGB or MVD.