nmoore63 wrote: Thu Dec 27, 2018 11:03 am
Speaker to Animals wrote: Thu Dec 27, 2018 10:37 am
Huh?
You are diverting to a completely different issue. Who controls the minds of the officer corp in particular controls the destiny of the nation, ultimately. That shouldn't even need to be debated. Go read a book.
Nah.
Rome won the punic wars because of its citizens.
The military all died. Over and over.
The citizens created a new military and simply continued on.
Or they could have sued for peace and told the military to go away.
This is obviously just one example, but the military is simply one part of the paradigm. Not The.
And..
When Rome transitioned to a professional army.. what happened next?
Just look to modern times for examples galore. The Spanish republicans tried to purge the Spanish army of Catholics, reactionaries, and fascists. Instead of rolling over, those guys just formed a rebellion, took significant territory in a matter of days, and eventually wiped out the communists and anarchists.
Venezuelan socialists purged the army of conservatives decades ago. The conservatives tried to mount something similar to what happened in Spain. Failed. Now Venezuela is locked down by a communist army that looks out for itself only.
This is just how shit works, man. Civilian government always operates by the consent of the military. If the military decides fuck that to whatever the civilian government does, then it stages a coup.
The only way this doesn't factor is when you go back to the original intent of the United States: an electorate of warriors.