Is it really viable to apply old world paradigms to USA? > It's really not possible to have a coup in the US Then what exactly happened on 9/11? In non-banana

Is it really viable to apply old world paradigms to USA? > It's really not possible to have a coup in the US Then what exactly happened on 9/11? In non-banana variety republics, the person in charge of national air defense would have been minimally subjected to a court martial. This still happens here too [1] for far less serious events. The general in this case, however, got promoted. [2] > US. Government is too distributed for a quick take over How about a very slow and deliberate take over. Would that work? [1]: http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/another-navy-commander-tied-to-iran-incident-relieved-of-duty-1.415931 http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/another-navy-command... [2]: http://www.jcs.mil/About/The-Joint-Staff/Chairman/General-Richard-Bowman-Myers/ http://www.jcs.mil/About/The-Joint-Staff/Chairman/General-Ri...