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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MaxKaladin" data-source="post: 2443074" data-attributes="member: 1196">This sums up my feelings on the matter.  I'm very, very skeptical about Roslin's "visions" and I excuse Adama's actions because of the extraordinary nature of the situation.  He and the president seemed to be the only ones who recognized the extraordinary gravity of their situation most of the time.  If they screwed up, humanity was extinct so far as they know.  Now Roslin is having hallucinations she says are visions from the gods and doing things that endanger the fleet.  I'd say he had reason to believe that the president was not fit to hold office.  I normally do not approve of military coup, but we don't know what provision the colonies had for removing a president that was believed to be unfit for office or if the bodies normally responsible for carrying out those provisions had been reconstituted yet.  We also do not know what his subsequent plans were because he was shot right after Tigh got back with Roslin and Apollo.  He may well have been trying to act as constitutionally as he could under trying circumstances.  After all, in addition to everything else, the nominal successor was off in a raptor somewhere.  Finally, I don't think Tigh is fit to command but think he's the best choice considering the others.  Zarek and Roslin are not fit to command either, IMO.</blockquote>