Did he really order the assassination of Assad or starting a war with Iran or North Korea? The military prevent the more outrageous things he wants to do and protects from his worst ideas and stands down behind his back and HE DOESN'T NOTICE? How is that possible? Isn't that a coup? How much of that has been going on all this time? So in effect we do not have civilian control of the military do we? They act (or don't act) on their own. Banana Republic? I dunno which is worse folks. If everything the super don of john had ORDERED to be done had been done would we be better off or worse? No way to know for sure. What is your GUT feeling though? Who is in charge?