Doughboy dictators?
The year is 2012, and the president has just died. Gen. E. Thomas U. Brutus has somehow “persuaded” the vice president not to take the oath of office and proceeds to declare himself commander-in-chief. Without a moment’s delay, the American government is placed under martial law and, thus, under military control.
Sounds far-fetched? Not according to Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles Dunlap, whose 1992 article, “The Origins of the Military Coup of 2012,” provides a convincing scenario for a possible military takeover in the near future. The article, written by then-Lt. Col. Dunlap as part of his studies at the National War College in Washington, D.C., paints a chilling picture of our nation being slowly overtaken by military rule. Dunlap warns:

People need to understand that the armed forces exist to support and defend government, not to be the government. Faced with intractable national problems on one hand, and an energetic and capable military on the other, it can be all too seductive to start viewing the military as a cost-effective solution. We made a terrible mistake when we allowed the armed forces to be diverted from its original purpose.

John W. Whitehead, Razormouth, May 21 2003