1. The military would be split and very disfuntional. Officers and NCO’s are 90% conservative, but there are a large percentage of black junior enlisted who would put race before all else.
2. The military could be moved outside the country. Start a war and move the bulk of the troops and equipment overseas, where they cannot return quickly.
3. By getting a large number of people rioting & pillaging, Obama could scare the majority of the general population into accepting Martial Law or its equivalent AND trusting in him as the only man capable of restraining the mob.
4. The only effective answer to the above would be a quick repression of “the mob” by armed citizens.
5. Buy more ammo and buy more guns, so that you too can be an effective community organizer.
2. The military could be moved outside the country. Start a war and move the bulk of the troops and equipment overseas, where they cannot return quickly.”
Good points; I agree that the military would be split and dysfunctional for a short period. The military is indeed very conservative but it is also pathologically loyal to the president (any president) and with the exception of our Civil War has been completely obedient. Even recently involving events such as the Branch Davidians and the Ruby Ridge stand off, the military obeyed government directives. But, things have changed a lot in the past fifteen plus years. So, we'll see. However, your hypothesis about moving troops out of the country to deal with some trumped up threat is worthy of consideration; especially being that units making up the combat arms are where the most conservative troops reside. One thing that may be on the side of the conservative equation though is the fact that the military is now made up of members who's fathers, grandfathers, uncles, etc, etc, have served. Another way to put it is that there is now a demographic who makes up a warrior culture within the U.S. and these are the people who now serve. And, I think it's highly doubtful that those in the military will fire on their civilian relatives when the big show down occurs.