Posted on 05/31/2021 9:43:08 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said there is "no reason" a coup could not happen in the United States.
During a right-wing conference in Dallas called the "For God & Country Patriot Roundup" over the weekend, the former White House national security adviser was asked by someone in the audience, who identified as a " simple Marine": "Why what happened in Myanmar can’t happen here?"
After cheers erupted in the crowd, Flynn replied, "No reason. I mean, it should happen here."
The military seized control of Myanmar in February, ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and effectively putting commander in chief Min Aung Hlaing in power while pushing disputed claims that the November election in the Southeast Asian country was fraudulent.
With junta forces cracking down on protests, more than 800 people have died in the following months, and more than 4,000 have been detained, according to the advocacy group Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s team said in February that the political crisis in Myanmar “constitutes a military coup d’etat" and called on the country's military leadership to release the heads of government "and all other detained civil society and political leaders — immediately and unconditionally."
Flynn, who was pardoned by former President Donald Trump in November after pleading guilty to lying to the FBI about conversations he had with a Russian envoy, has pushed the notion that the 2020 election in the U.S. was fraudulent as well and in December argued Trump could use "military capabilities" and "rerun" the election in swing states.
State and federal officials have roundly disputed the claims of widespread election fraud.
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That's the spirit, patriot.
Bet against America.
I’m not betting against America by discounting the idea that there will be a military coup.
On one hand, there just isn’t likely to be one.
On the other hand, a military coup would be a dreadful thing. Something which no American should wish for. Ever.
Of course you don't. Why would you?
But you trust CDC, NIH, WHO, Fauci, the fake Biden 'administration' and the heathen Chinee.
And their poison vax.
You are a little lost lamb and its your kind that are losing America for us.
America started to go wrong when we let male nurses have the vote.
This QAnon oath is the same oath for commissioning officers and for federal employment.
Commissioning oath
I ___, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God. (Title 5 U.S. Code 3331, an individual, except the President, elected or appointed to an office of honor or profit in the civil service or uniformed services)
Federal employment
“I, ___, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.””
Qsters tried to make it into something it was not!
The coup already occurred, we lost.
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exactly
Tell that to the Egyptians, when the Moslem Brotherhood stole their fake election.
Tell that to the Revolutionaries who tossed out the illegitimate British government.
It's not a coup when the government is illegitimate.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
The RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE.
Happy Memorial Day, patriot.
Quite wrong, but what else is new?
You're Reily.
Funny. Its in my blood.
I remember when George Washington couped the English and installed fascism.
Oh, wait. No I don't.
He really shouldn’t have said that. It makes it sound like Republicans DID intend to violently overthrow the government when protesting Democrat vote fraud. And his statement will justify anti-terrorism laws being used against conservatives, though Democrats have already been using the verbiage necessary to argue for it.
The American Revolution was a military coup? Who knew?
I suspect that Flynn did not understand the question about Myanmar.
This is not a case of the media manipulating Flynn's words. Flynn heard the crowd cheering what happened in Mynamar, and decided to go along with them, without understanding what he was agreeing with.
Now at least we have what amounts to a retraction.
It wasn't?
Who knew.
The audio in the linked video is clear. Since Flynn has now disowned his own words, it appears that he did not mean to say what he said, but he DID say it. He should not blame the press for accurately reporting his own gaffe. He should admit that he made a mistake and apologize.
Yea, cause he's a total idiot. Let's go with that.
Now at least we have what amounts to a retraction.
'We'?
If by 'we', you mean the American beta male and Tory eunuchs. Then, yes. You ladies do have a 'retraction'.
i HAVE LOST ALL RESPECT FOR THE GUY... The moment the military steps in like this we head into a direction that has the potential of destroying the united states. At this point Biden and those who used fraud to install him as leader have put the constitution on life support and there is only one valid way to rectify the situation. I hate having to say this and it makes me sick after January 20th there is no other way that does not destroy the republic and that is impeachment.
no bagster you are the only grifter here and behaving like a demacrat in what you just said does mot help defend General flyne . It is just wrong what the general said . As a educated man he should understand the dangers in a military coup.
just found out that general flyn did not call for a coup thak god.
What the liars dispute don't mean shit. It just means that the State and Federals are liars. As are anyone who says there was not fraud.
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