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“. . . it would surely take something extremely oppressive before people would abandon the stability and security of home to challenge the government. I could only see this happening if the government (typically through a tyrant the likes of a Hitler) were to declare martial law without cause, stopping elections and oppressing the people by military force.”

If ever such a thing should happen, it almost assuredly would be at the hands of the blue helmets of the UN, or some mercenary force, and not at the hands of our own military. They would not relish the prospect of victimizing their wives or sweethearts: their mothers and fathers; their brothers and sisters; their neighbors and friends. Our military is a little different than many; they do not swear allegiance to a personage; they swear to preserve and protect the Constitution of the United States of America. As long as we have an officer corps and noncoms who instill that understanding in the hearts and minds of our servicemen and servicewomen, the Republic is safe from that quarter.

This is why Liberals so hate our military. They know they cannot turn it into their own little personal sociological playground, that it is loyal to the Constitution and the Republic, and that it cannot be politicized. If you ever have someone tell you that they hate our military, you must know that you are confronting a budding little petty tyrant, who would become, if given a chance, a very big bloody tyrant. Treat him/her as though you have just encountered a poisonous snake.