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[–] 24149686? 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

well, if there are indeed traitors in the military that are trying to make a coup push right now, then yeah

quite clearly they threw optics of being within the actual law completely out the window - like Mattis did.

The current president has the legal prerogative (and obligation) to use military intervention in times of insurrection

Pres. Bush did that with the LA Rodney King riots and Pres Eisenhower did that with Arkansas - both nationalized the National Guard, usurping the governor, and sent in units of the federal military, and Pres. Washington called up a militia to put down insurrection in Pennsylvanian

IOW, Mattis remarks showed that he was completely disregarding historical precedence, situation, federal law, and the constitution

So all Mattis was doing was doing a rhetorical setup for an illegal coup attempt - frankly, the man now needs to be hung with the rest of them