I mean, looking round the world (if they do) and seeing Myanmar do a proper coup using the standing army, and then looking at history (if they do) seeing that after Cuba managed it, the US’s response, that is its investiture in practising counter revolutionary measures all through South America setting back human rights with the installation of right-wing juntas across the board, to paraphrase Roosevelt, “He might be a bastard but he’s our bastard.” And coupled with the inordinate amount of money that the country spends on arms, particularly drones and AC-130 gunships.
The shit show that was the “revolution” surely must have dented the good old boys dressed as soldiers confidence in their “militias” ability to actually be anything other than a road bump for the real military, even with their extensive training on COD and weekends shooting tin cans.