I'd suggest that the argument about whether Oliver Cromwell is someone the English should revere or not should be carried on in some thread labelled as being about that, and we could all pile in. Not one of my favourites, but then my list of favourites in this context would be pretty short.

I imagine that if a bunch of crooks and villains wanted to take over control of the USA they'd find a more subtle way of achieving that than a simple military coup, which is always dependent on having an obediant soldiery. And remember Hitler didn't come to power by way of a miltary coup, but through a flawed democratic system.