"...Trying for an overthrow...and we caught 'em.....we caught 'em."

[kurtcagle]

18. Oh, that could be fun

I always thought that Hitler's use of Brownshirts was instructive. He had hoped to turn them into a formal paramilitary organization, but what he discovered was that most lacked any sense of discipline, coordination or even physical fitness. I believe it was Goering that finally convinced him to disband the Brownshirts and establish the SS instead, a move that Hitler resisted for a while.

I've wondered for a while if that was Trump's reason for working through ICE. They're part of Homeland Security, which puts them outside of the purview of the US Military (and the UCMJ). However, by all indications ICE is struggling to recruit enough able-bodied people, let along highly trained ones, because most people DO have a line they won't cross. Meanwhile, he's burned all the bridges to the military.

Frankly, I'm not sure who he'd have left to be part of the "great uprising".