I'm not saying I think we will have a military coup. Nor am I saying that there aren't times I almost wish for one.
Now, years ago -- actually several decades -- I was talking with an associate who was a military historian. Since that's not an area of history that I take great interest in, I respected that he knew a lot more than me. But there is a site from the Revolutionary War's border wars I am familiar with. It is a stop on the Great Warriors Trail, part way between PA and Canada. Mohawk leader Joseph Brant frequently camped there. Brant assisted people who had escaped from slavery get to Canada, kind of an early underground. This particular field is where those who preferred to join with Brant to fight white folk were, as mentioned in Clinton's infamous letter to Washington.
My associate was from the NYC area, and was familiar with the Shinnecock taking people escaping from slavery in. And further south, of course, so did the Cherokee.
Anyhow, as I wait for my medical appointment on Friday, I lose track of what I started to write. My associate said in many, but not all cases, a military coup is led by a second-level officer.
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