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Hekate

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7. Military coup? Absolutely not. That in itself would be the end of us. It has to be a civilian ....

Reply to DK504 (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 17, 2017, 08:06 PM

Jan 2017

...solution: it has to come from Congress.

It boggles the mind that so many who are opposed to this impending "strongman" government are themselves looking for a "strongman" to rescue them. That's not a road you can travel down to save democracy.

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