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To: Jonty30

Me thinks you count a bit too much on our soldiers thinking independently with a willingness to disobey orders. Soldiers are trained and molded to obey orders instantly and without question, and not to think on their own. It is the hallmark of every military world wide.

To the point though; American soliders have fired on civilians before - - they will again.


9 posted on 08/21/2012 8:35:31 PM PDT by Ed Story
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To: Ed Story

I do believe that the soldiers, currently serving the military, and the LEO’s currently in law enforcement will not kill hundreds of thousands or millions of Americans as things currently stand. I do have faith in those currently serving that they will not do that.

However, I cannot guarentee that those serving the country thirty years from now will be so unwilling to do that.

Yes, soldiers have fired on civilians in very specific situations in the past, but not the sort of mass kills that would be required for a dictator to take over the country.


14 posted on 08/21/2012 10:47:30 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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To: Ed Story

Anybody trusting the military not to fire on US citizens had better read up on the Bonus Army. MacArthur ordered - AND SOLDIERS COMPLIED - the use of tanks and tear gas against the Bonus Army.

As Ronaldus Magnus once said: “Trust, but verify”, we should say today: “Trust, but expect the worst.”


19 posted on 08/22/2012 2:19:17 AM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
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To: Ed Story; All

Yes they have look up the Bonus army or bonus march of 1932 .


28 posted on 08/22/2012 11:02:21 AM PDT by Nebr FAL owner
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To: Ed Story
Soldiers are trained and molded to obey orders instantly and without question, and not to think on their own.

You have obviously never served in the US military. That is not the operating philosophy at all. It is with other militaries, but not ours. That is precisely what has distinguished our military from all the rest, even before we developed all of the cool gadgets. With the Left packing the military with homos and other assorted anti-American culture types, the level of loyalty may change, but I can tell you, as a former grunt, that until recently, the majority of our troops would balk at killing civilians on our own soil.
37 posted on 08/22/2012 4:23:25 PM PDT by fr_freak
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