Partly Facetious: are conditions not ripe for martial law?

"So General Petraeus..."
"Followed the administration line."
"And some anti-war activists took an advertisement out in a newspaper referring to him as General Betray Us."
"That is surprising. All politicians take great care not to denigrate their troops. Remember Poodle also used to say you can say what you like about the decision to go to war in Iraq but the troops are doing a great job..."
"And this is in spite of some troops being caught with their pants down so to speak."
"Indeed, Abu Ghuraib did happen and those who sanctioned torture were not taken to task, those who committed it were."
"That is the way of the world. The juniors pay the price for the seniors."
"Donald Rumsfeld did lose his job in the end."
"That's true."
"So General Betray Us..."
"Do you want to be deported?"
"A palace somewhere in the outside world doesn't look too bad. I mean with load shedding the way it is, with the inflation rate as high as it is, and with the law and order situation as bad as it is..."
"Are conditions not ripe enough for martial law."
"No, I don't think so. See if you already have military rule, and have had one for eight years, then martial law is an acknowledgement that the present government did a bad job and should certainly not remain in power."
"They would blame the opposition and the tribals and the Baloch and the..."
"These are all issues that the present government has failed to deal with so on what basis can they justify their continuation in power."
"That's logic. I don't think anyone is employing logic these days."