After General Mattis addresses US troops, is a military coup in the cards?

I think that there is something to be said about a level of moral superiority. The military defacto makes us all the same. Training breaks you down until you finally realize that there is nothing ideologically that sets you apart from any of your fellow soldiers. We are only judged upon our ability to complete the mission. It isn't that way outside of the military. Outside the confines of the military, we still have racism and bigotry and what have you, but ask any service member what color they see when they look at a comrade and they are going to tell you the color of the uniform t hat they are wearing.

I don't believe that the military has lost its way in regards to knowing its sole purpose though. I do believe that many people outside the military would like the masses to believe that propaganda though.

I figured someone might post this article, and initially felt the going in presence of a military coup was an example of reductio ad absurdum... and then reading more, it felt more like a practice of "click bait", putting a wild claim up front to draw attention. That said, the article does have some very good terrain for discussion with regard to civil - military relations.

While on active duty, I made a point of remaining a-political, mostly because I had other things of primary concern. But on some occasions it was a conscious effort. I feel that in the internet age, the military as a whole is losing that to some degree. If you go into any military workspace that might have a TV, you can be pretty sure that TV is tuned to Fox News. It is sort of a chicken or egg question - Is it turned to Fox news because many who join the military tend to lean conservative... or is it indoctrinating those that are listening, or at least absorbing, the message Fox News is sending out on a daily basis?

MAJ James Woods the military for a long time has been a tool of politicians. Desert Storm is a perfect example of this. Had Saddam Hussein invaded a nation that wasn't A) Friendly (or at least not adversarial) to the United States, and B) Oil rich, the military would not have been sent in to deal with it. Fighting a war against "Communist Aggression" is not about defending the United States, it is a war of ideology. Pushing our ideology by force against their ideology. The military does not have a say politically in which battles they partake. Politicians set the policy, military makes it happen.
As for moral superiority, in an all volunteer force, those who serve (regardless of the reason they joined) show that they have some devotion to something beyond themselves. The military is a cross section of American Society. There are drug addicts, sex offenders, wife beaters, church goers, regular folks, exceptional folks, and even subpar folks in the military as there are in the civilian world. Society has taken the travesty that was the treatment of Service Members and gone to the opposite extreme putting an almost reverent status on those who serve. To me the interesting line from article is:
They heard the “warrior monk ” encouraging fellow warriors and invoking a common theme of his: the lack of “friendliness” and civility in contemporary American society.
This is spot on. We have lost the ability in the United States to respectfully disagree on points and have a debate based on subject matter without it devolving into a personal statement. "If you Support/Don't Support (insert topic here) then you are a moron and Un-American." I disagree with my wife all the time about politics, but we are able to have a civil discussion before agreeing to disagree. In a lot of places, the civility of the discussion breaks down.