But these are not your grunts off the farm. This is a special ops excercise. You really cannot be suggesting that 1200 special operators—the smartest, best trained, soldiers on the planet, are going to turn against their own people?
Are you suggesting that?
It just doesn’t make sense.
It was a well trained professional soldier who did Fort Hood.
It was a well trained professional soldier who leaked information leading to wikileaks etc.
It was a well trained professional soldier who murdered Captain. Esposito and Lieutenant Allen.
All it takes is one bad actor.
Under whose control
You couldn’t possibly be suggesting a MAJOR could flip put on a jihadi bent? A MAJOR is highly trained and deserves utmost trust and respect.
That would be nut job level to suggest.
The way it works is they receive information about a given mission. They can be told by their commanders that a certain domestic group is comprised of terrorists or something along those lines.
In other words, they will fire on citizens when given orders based on lies. At least in the beginning. If they get a chance to figure out the politics behind it, most special ops and other troops would likely stand down of their own accord.
WHAT is the point of doing this exercise in the US?
Are you suggesting they wouldn't obey the orders of the President of the United States?
Do you happen to know who the current President of the United States IS?
When you got your shiny metal shoulder bars, did you have to take a logic class first? Or did they come mail order?
With only 1200 as you state, you could sure do some selective “hand picked” choices as to who will be conducting this exercise.