William Robert: You are wrong in both your assessment of our military (and the oaths they take), as well as the response you advocate. I refuse to believe that my Brothers and Sisters (with a few exceptions) will violate their oaths and attack civilians simply for demonstrating. There are too many of us who believe in the oaths we took, and keep living by.
A large demonstration of civilians occurred in the summer of 1963 when Martin Luther King called for a Freedom March. One of the missions of The Old Guard (TOG) is to protect the D.C. area. In preparation for the event, the first battalion received riot control training with fixed chrome bayonets on M1 rifles and tear gas. Our NCOs and armorers had control of ammo and gas. As we sat ready to move out in duece-and-a-half trucks strung with chicken wire, our officers went from truck to truck telling us we may have to kill some Americans today, to remember our training and follow orders. There was no doubt that we would follow orders though we wondered how ~600 of us were going to control several hundred thousand angry Americans. That's what soldiers do - FOLLOW ORDERS. That's what soldiers do today too.
look at what our cops do to people in their own homes. they mow people down who think teir home is beig invaded - because it is.
obama’s getting rid of the officers who won’t follow his orders, look what will be left. enlisted will be told to follow orders or be shot on the spot. think they won’t do this? the landing crafts at normandy had a gunner in the back that would shoot anyone who wouldn’t jump out of the boat.