From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Wed Feb 10 1999 - 11:33:55 MST
Why would the military go along with it?
These aren't conscripted 16-year-old kids waving firearms around,
prevented from running by an elite guard. These are highly educated,
electronics-savvy, *volunteer* forces who know what the Constitution is.
Furthermore, they aren't personally loyal to the Commander-In-Chief.
Generally speaking, the military hates Clinton's draft-dodging guts.
If Clinton tried to take over the country in a military coup, the
military would just laugh at him. If the higher-level officers went
along with it, the lower-level officers would frag them.
--
sentience@pobox.com Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
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