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| Tango01 | 31 Oct 2017 12:49 p.m. PST |
From Flames of War….
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| Tango01 | 31 Oct 2017 12:51 p.m. PST |
"The fruit of a successful insurgency is a revolution: a sudden and violent change in the basic makeup of a government. There is a less violent way of effecting governmental change. The most general term for this alternative is change of executive. This is a rather unwieldy and academic term, so Balance of Power lumps all such changes of power under the more familiar label Coups. This chapter will explore the nature of coups d'etat and describe how Balance of Power handles them. A coup produces a change of executive. The old leader is thrown out and a new leader is installed in his place. The middle and lower levels of government are left intact; only the top is changed. There are two variations on this: the regular change of executive and the irregular change of executive. The first uses recognized legal procedures such as an election to remove an existing leader; the second uses less formal procedures such as a bullet through the head. The difference between a coup and a revolution lies primarily in the intensity of violence used. A revolution is a simple contest of military power between two implacable opponents. Each side believes that defeat is tantamount to death. Each side believes strongly in the fundamental truth and rightness of its position, and each side believes the other side to be evil. The wide gap separating the two sides in an insurgency makes negotiated solutions almost impossible. Most insurgencies are fought to the bitter end. The loser does not admit defeat until defeat and gun barrels are staring him in the face…"
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| Lion in the Stars | 31 Oct 2017 4:22 p.m. PST |
Jeez, Tango, how do you manage to TMP Bug(tm) yourself so often? |
Oberlindes Sol LIC  | 31 Oct 2017 6:28 p.m. PST |
A coup produces a change of executive. … There are two variations on this: the regular change of executive and the irregular change of executive. The first uses recognized legal procedures such as an election to remove an existing leader; the second uses less formal procedures such as a bullet through the head. It appears to me that the writer is saying that a regular change of executive, using recognized legal procedures such as an election, is a kind of coup. That's beyond bizarre. It's anti-democratic. So I assume it's either sloppy writing or sloppy reading. |
| Tango01 | 01 Nov 2017 11:50 a.m. PST |
Because THE BUG loves me!! (smile) Amicalement
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