He came to the eventual (and unfortunate) conclusion that some essential elements of the military would not follow, condemning an hypothetical IA to be more a pathetic clown show that anything else.
If he tried that and failed, he would have been accused of treason and sedition. For real, this time, not just for the show. Don’t think he wanted to risk death penalty if chances of success were even 50/50, let alone 10/90.
Some people say he fooled us all along. I don’t think so. I think he genuinely tried. At some point he realized that it was not realistic.
He came to the eventual (and unfortunate) conclusion that some essential elements of the military would not follow, condemning an hypothetical IA to be more a pathetic clown show that anything else.
If he tried that and failed, he would have been accused of treason and sedition. For real, this time, not just for the show. Don’t think he wanted to risk death penalty if chances of success were even 50/50, let alone 10/90.
Some people say he fooled us all along. I don’t think so. I think he genuinely tried. At some point he realized that it was not realistic.