Ft. Lauderdale, Here We Come

The troops are fighting and dying in the Middle East, and Congress is on "spring break." When they get damn good and ready, they'll wander back and begin discussing whether they'll fund the war or not. The majority wants to tell the military, "We'll give you some support, but you have to surrender next year. All the hard work you have done so far will be wasted, and those who died, will have done so in vain. We, the Congress, have spoken. Hail, Pelosi."

Have you ever wondered how military coups happen? Imagine you're mired in the sand of Iraq, the Barstow of the Middle East, and the word comes down that you can keep fighting until next year, but then you have to surrender. Do you think you might start talking to your buddies and your officers about how you don't like that, and how you might want to tell Congress to go to hell? Do you think your officers, those high-ranking career military men, might, first, be offended that Congress has inpugned their knowledge of military tactics; and, second, start to get angry? What do you suppose angry combat-ready soldiers might do when they're arbitrarily ordered to stop fighting the enemy? And, as you remember your dead comrades, what might you do?