by jbrovont » Fri 19 Sep 2008, 23:43:37
I'm not sure martial law will be the end-game for this. They may try, but 7 years in Iraq and stepping out of the Green Zone is risking getting shot, or worse. Iraq only has about 28 million people, and the Iraq police and military are more or less trying to cooperate. Roughly the same size as Michigan and Ohio. Add in Indiana and you have about the same population.
I can see them attempting this, but not succeeding - not with less than 10% of the population supporting their actions. Nine out of ten people think the US government is no longer "for the people." If Bush Co. tried to impose martial law, those numbers would drop considerably. There'd be a brief period of marginal control, and then all hell would break loose.
Even a false flag couldn't accomplish this. 60%+ people think Bush Co. had something to do with, or allowed 9-11. More in New York. If some kind of "terrorist" attack was used to try to justify martial law, a significant portion of the population would conclude it was Bush Co. and permanently polarize.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cashmere', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Buggy', 'S')o here's the deal. Paulson and Co. get this load of sh*t through congress. The American tax payers take on a trillion MORE dollars in debt. Wall St. rejoices and the DOW shoots up hundreds of points. Bullet dodged. They all turn around to go back to their mansions but are instead greeted by the outstretched hands of Ford, GM and Chrysler. I am sorry. I see the door getting slammed in their faces. There is no possible way the Fed can possibly loan them money now. It would be like Bush trying to get congress to let him invade Iran. And for those of us who are PO savvy, we are well aware that the automotive industry is the backbone of this petroleum age economy. This weekend the clock really will strike 11:59.
Come on. You don't think that the Gov won't hand out money to any large institution?
Come on. The end to this game is complete collapse and martial law.
It's not Congressional/Treasury/Fed/Executive restraint.
Haven't we been beaten enough to know that the beatings will continue.