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A coup d'état succeeds if the usurpers establish their dominance when the incumbent government fails to prevent or successfully resist their consolidation of power. If the coup neither fully fails nor achieves overall success, the attempted coup d'etat is likely to lead to a civil war.
Originally posted by JiggyPotamus
Well, since this is the case, it seems like a good time to stage a coup de'etat. From Wikipedia,
A coup d'état succeeds if the usurpers establish their dominance when the incumbent government fails to prevent or successfully resist their consolidation of power. If the coup neither fully fails nor achieves overall success, the attempted coup d'etat is likely to lead to a civil war.
All kidding aside, this is nothing new, and it doesn't surprise me. This is a time when the country needs super-duper-strong leadership, and to me it doesn't seem like Obama has provided that yet. He seems to be more of a pacifier, attempting not to ruffle any feathers. I suppose he is just dancing to the purse-string puppeteers.