[Covenantor]

For the moment I'm considering the current exigencies which call for change in the chain of command. Returning branch to direct civilian control as opposed to the chain of perfumed socialist princes installed in Clinton/Bush/ Obama admins. Haven't we heard enough of their public rantings on their position and alliance with the progressives?

Currently the evolving crisis is here and not abroad....perhaps an existential one for the republic. Dark cloud of needed martial law is on the horizon to forestall civil war.Mass has a quality of its own...and the masses are clearly irreconcialbe

[boxlunch]

Forgive my knowledge of history. Has there ever been a declaration of martial law in the US. ( countrywide, not just a city or region).

[Mariner]

“Dark cloud of needed martial law is on the horizon to forestall civil war.”

Many of us would prefer the latter.

[Chainmail]

You do understand that nothing you write makes any sense, right?

1. All of the service branches come under civilian chain of command, already. If you had even taken a tour of the Pentagon, you'd already know that. Walk over the the E Ring and take a look.

2. Special Operations would do exactly what if martial law was declared?

"Mass has a quality of its own...and the masses are clearly irreconcialbe"

What in Heaven's name are you talking about? Mass rests with the United States Army, not a few special operators. As far as we civilians go, we have our individual weapons (of about 200 individual calibers, not counting wildcats), no organization, no leaders, no structure, and no chance whatsoever of putting all that together, since everything in the digital stream is watching each and every one of us, 24/7.