So how could something like this be accomplished in the US? At least one General has obviously thought about it...
>>30637679
good luck censoring sht coming out of America
>>30637679
>So how could something like this be accomplished in the US
Step one: Drop a nuke on D.C.
>>30637679
Before tanks hit the streets, plain clothed soldier should have seized all media. "shutting off the internet" could be accomplished from base by their cyber divisions. Once all of that is shut off storm the streets and seize key points.
In America? Impossible. You're not shutting shit off here, unless you cascaded the power grid which I'm not even sure is still possible.
>>30637776
Its more or less impossible in America, which is more or less the center of a lot of attention.
>hey Dave, why are suddenly no planes allowed in to America
>hey Dave, why have we lost all communication to our embassy in America?
>hey Dave, why haven't next week's South Park been sent to us yet?
Etc.
So many eyes on America, from both allies and enemies
>>30637679
>right wing military/militia group coalition coup inna washington under some oathkeeper alliance.
>unstoppable and president anf the libtarded leos get btfo.
>>30637776
>You're not shutting shit off here, unless you cascaded the power grid which I'm not even sure is still possible.
Aim for the power boxes, transformers and utility poles. They're not guarded compared to a military base
>>30637729
>literally what is breaking T1 lines and planting spark gap generators.
>>30637679
Extremely hard due to the centralization of the country. But certainly possible, though you'd have better results carrying out a coup of a state government and then declaring independence.
But, it would be the same here: arresting leadership, locking down media, securing means of travel, show of force. As Clark also said, the soldiers also have to be willing to put down protesters with force.
>>30638068
How many of those are in your town alone?
>>30637679
Retired army here, it would extremely difficult to pull off. Things like this would need a lot of time and planning to pull off in the US. And all it takes is one person who isn't loyal to report you and have the whole thing taken apart before it gets started.
Generals here in the US are really just politicians, so it might be a lower ranked officer starting this, but even then it would be tough.
I'm not really sure it would be possible since we "switch" leaders anyways every 4-8 years and it would take major rumblings in most of the ranks for any action to be taken. Obama is a shitty person, but no chance of a coup here.
The logistics are fun to think about, even getting ahold of basic rifles would require a broad range of ranks playing along to get them out of the armory.
>>30637679
By making America great again.
>>30638301
The greatest coups are totally legal.
>>30637776
In Kansas City there is a Sprint owned junction box that would shutdown major communication nets across the entire west of the US. It going offline costs around $1.2 billion a day. There is also a switching station that controls all of the grid substations within 900 miles.
US grid infrastructure is THE most fragile target in an uprising.
>>30637776
>walk into the main office of whichever monopoly runs the internet in that particular city
>ask them politely to stop
>bring a gun
As a bonus your crazed gunmen will distract the police to make it easier to knock out their facilities, especially their dispatch center and motor pool... not bothering with that was the real wtf from Turkey.
It's not like they couldn't foresee the police remaining loyal, but they put absolutely zero effort into disabling them when that should have been their opening move if they couldn't guarantee capture of Erdogan.
>>30638628
No coup is "legal"
>>30638068
You mean every street corner?
>plotters made a lot of mistakes
how gullible can you even be
>>30639686
Problem is that it cuts both ways. The military would be hurting itself both short and long term if they decided to try and kill power or communications.
>>30637679
Difficult. Heavily armed population and a volunteer military not a good coup make.
How do I shot JFK?
>>30641840
An army is presumably better equipped to handle their own communications and power without relying on the local infrastructure.
>>30638193
And how many have to go down to fuck a large portion of the power grid? Not many. That's why you see thousands of people losing power because a fucking snake slithered in to a utility box.
>>30641856
> military trying to overthrow th gov't
> most people hate the gov't, or at least don't trust it
> implying there wouldn't be 10s of thousands of paramilitaries helping hunt down gov't supporters
>>30641802
If you want to go further into philosophy, there is no such thing as a law anyway. The only laws in place are of science dictating what is and isn't possible and even that changes throughout time.
>>30637867
>shitskins named Dave
Wut
>>30643569
But is it a coup if it has wide based popular support? Or at least general disinterest in stopping it's?
>>30638096
>planting spark gap generators.
>to cover 3.806 million square miles
>implying spark gap generators will work in mountains
>implying someone won't just get satellite internet somewhere these infinite generators won't reach
>believing CNN
>believing Jewley "Europe must become diverse" Clark
>>30643569
>implying there wouldn't be 10s of thousands of paramilitaries helping hunt down gov't supporters
wew lad
>implying hundreds of vigilante kill teams murdering civilians won't galvanize millions of armed citizens and hang them from lamp posts
If a coup is to be successful in America, the government has to be more freedom-loving than the last.
Even though most Americans may distrust the government, most have no reason to violently resist, plus, while many dislike the federal government, most states boast positive approval ratings, municipal governments even more so.
That being said, while most people dislike the feds, they have a violent, fanatical devotion to the Constitution, and as soon as any group even remotely talks about touching that document, the streets will be rivers of blood spilled from the coup plotters.
>>30638253
>Generals here in the US are really just politicians, so it might be a lower ranked officer starting this
I believe it is customary for a group of disgruntled colonels to kick off the festivities.
>>30646489
Yup. Coups are always plotted by the colonels.
