Breaking Report: The Brazilian military stands with Bolsonaro... is prepared to invoke Article 142... - Revolver News
Bolsonaro is meeting with the military after exhausting all legal options after an appeal was rejected by a corrupt, opposition-appointed Supreme Court justice.
Meh, not as much as you might think. We have, over the years, seen the rise of several military juntas to power. Egypt is a good recent example. In 2011, Obama's CIA was color revolutionizing the Middle East in what ended up being called the Arab Spring. Egypt's long-standing president Hosni Mubarack was forced out by a military junta. It held power for a year or so, and relatively bloodlessly, before a new elected president assumed power. Were the elections legit? (lol, color revolution successful).
Burma has a ruling military junta right now. They're doing a fine job of keeping the jihadis under control. The Western media doesn't like them, so we get to hear sob stories about the Rohingya, as if they weren't carving up people in the name of the Religion of Peace™ for decades before the military said "enough." Yup, only the Religion of Peace™ could drive the buddhists to a military junta.
In both cases, the military assumed power relatively bloodlessly. The thing is that people generally recognize professional soldiers and the power they have and don't want to pick fights with them. That's not new either. Roman history shows how to seize power with an army and do it relatively bloodlessly. It's not always bloodless, but it can be with enough force and intimidation.
The thing that makes the US situation different is the loyalty test. You must have the loyalty of the army to pull off a military coup. Our country is unique. We do peaceful revolutions every four years. Every time we have an election, we turn over power to a new government. Thus, the military swears allegiance to the country, to the Constitution, and to the Commander-in-Chief. That last one is an oath to the OFFICE of CIC, not the man who holds it, and that's a really key point. Any of you veterans or currently serving military can feel free to clarify here, but as I understand it, soldiers feel a very clear duty to help ensure that peaceful transfer of power, and do not want to be put into a situation where they must break their oath to their country to support a military coup. Even if it's justified, it is seen as not their proper role to interfere in a civilian matter.