Military Rule 2.0: Why bother with a coup when there are better ways to take control?
By Joshua Kurlantzick and Shelby Leighton | Tuesday, July 20, 2010 | The Boston Globe
“…Armies can commit abuses virtually unpunished, dragging down developing democracies that seemed to be beyond the era of military influence. And, by presenting themselves as the only institutions with long-term stability — even as they simultaneously undermine that very stability — the new generation of military men undermine civilian leaders in another way: They make themselves indispensable to foreign partners like the United States….”…BS
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/07/11/military_rule_20?mode=PF
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