I can see backroom meetings about the insurrection act, with the generals saying "depends". But I largely agree. Ike pegged this shit properly in the 1950s with his warning about the Military Industrial Complex.

Just be glad that the military resisted calls to come in on the 6th, and to "purge" republicans who were part of the surge op on the 20th.

In the end, the brass want to protect their pensions, and their supposed neutral legitimacy.