This was disturbing. I have concerns over a possible scenario where a demagogue inspires gun owners to form up militias, or death squads, to make the political "final solution." If millions of Americans are doing a super-sized Rwanda the military might be powerless.
LC On Thursday, July 15, 2021 at 7:19:57 AM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > The top US military officer in the USA, General Mark Milley, Chairman of > the Joint Chiefs, feared that Trump would attempt a coup and felt he had to > "*be on guard for what might come*". Milley told his deputies “*They may > try, but they’re not going to fucking succeed, You can’t do this without > the military. You can’t do this without the CIA and the FBI. We’re the guys > with the guns. This is a Reichstag moment. The gospel of the Führer.*" > Four-star General Milley was concerned that the November pro-Trump “Million > MAGA March” to protest the election results, “*could be the modern > American equivalent of brownshirts in the streets". **And in preparation > for the January 20 inauguration General Milley told his lieutenants** > “**Here’s > the deal, guys: These guys are Nazis, they’re boogaloo boys, they’re Proud > Boys. These are the same people we fought in World War II. We’re going to > put a ring of steel around this city and the Nazis aren’t getting in*.” > > ‘They’re not going to fucking succeed’: The nations top general feared > Trump would attempt a coup after election > <https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/14/politics/donald-trump-election-coup-new-book-excerpt/index.html> > > John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis > <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis> > q96t > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/2012a2e7-3323-4779-b724-e325f369a17dn%40googlegroups.com.
