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To: worst-case scenario

Whether he’s real or not, he makes a decent point.

IF our professional troops were ever called upon to shoot civilians, and IF they followed those orders, there would be a lot more dead civilians than there would be dead military. Bambi versus Godzilla. No contest. Even with an outrageous advantage in numbers, the rebels would be obliterated.

The bigger question is whether our military commanders would issue the order but I’m certain that at least a few butt-kissing promotion hounds would do so. Another big question would be how many units would refuse to open fire on their neighbors and high school classmates. Yet a third question would be how many units would switch over to the rebel side.

Just pray we can solve this problem first at the ballot box, then with strategic amendments to the Constitution to prevent it from ever happening again.


180 posted on 03/27/2010 2:19:52 PM PDT by DNME (... mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves ...)
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To: DNME
IF our professional troops were ever called upon to shoot civilians, and IF they followed those orders, there would be a lot more dead civilians than there would be dead military. Bambi versus Godzilla. No contest. Even with an outrageous advantage in numbers, the rebels would be obliterated.

Providing you can easily identify the "rebels."

Exactly how do you think they will go about doing this?

184 posted on 03/27/2010 2:25:39 PM PDT by csense
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You realize there are 10 times more military veterans on the streets than in the military. Their tactics, plans, command and control, and vulnerabilities are not a secret.

No one in the military is going to start killing Americans. The in-fighting alone within the ranks would not only destroy the command and control, but the entire military. Think about the size of this country, the number of people...And then think about the supply lines that would be needed for support....They'd starve and run out of supplies....Compound that with massive moral issues....It would be utter chaos... Ferrrrget it.

196 posted on 03/27/2010 2:37:14 PM PDT by dragnet2
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