From: Christopher Whipple (crw@well.com)
Date: Thu Aug 01 2002 - 22:26:00 MDT
On Thursday, August 1, 2002, at 10:51 PM, Damien Sullivan wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 12:18:53PM -0400, Christopher Whipple wrote:
>
>> conflict when the 2004 elections roll around. Would the American
>> public
>> really want to switch regimes in the middle of an armed conflict?
>
> I think Churchill lost power while WWII was still going. And we
> switched
> regimes during Vietnam, although an incumbent wasn't displaced. But if
> the
> people feel the war isn't going well, or is pointless... or if they
> want
> their jobs back, thank you very much...
It occurred to me that there might (and probably would) be specific
instances in history where citizens of democratic nations sought regime
changes during bouts of armed conflict. However, this doesn't seem to
be the kind of situation where historical precedents are relevant.
-crw.
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