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To: agere_contra

I thought about it. They’d be useless.


50 posted on 05/16/2007 12:31:42 PM PDT by DManA
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To: DManA

You should probably look up King Juan Carlos of Spain, who thwarted a coup in the 1980s.


53 posted on 05/16/2007 12:35:53 PM PDT by agere_contra
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“I thought about it. They’d be useless.”

But the Queen has the ultimate power of being able to dissolve parliament - she’s the embodiment of the people. She also commands the forces, so if a government refused to budge, she could have them forcibly removed. In theory, she could also turn the forces on the people, but aside from being highly unlikely, I don’t think your average squaddie would be up for it!!!

59 posted on 05/16/2007 12:53:09 PM PDT by maggies girl
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