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To: Trailerpark Badass; greeneyes
On a mass basis liked Assad in Syria. Tanks against demonstrators until there are no more demonstrators. I wonder if units would follow such orders or if the command structure would fracture.
52 posted on 08/01/2011 1:49:32 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: Truth29

It’s a good question. Same one I asked the night that Yeltsin stood up and demanded release of the Soviet Premier, while the tanks rolled down the street.

That is when I felt, the Russian system would change, because the military was no longer willing to blindly follow orders.


54 posted on 08/01/2011 2:02:17 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: Truth29
Waco.

Believe it, most 19 year-old PFCs and lance corporals will follow orders to disarm racist right-wing racists and homophobes and Christian zealots and rich people who don't want "shared sacrifice."

55 posted on 08/01/2011 2:12:04 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass
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To: Truth29
Waco.

Believe it, most 19 year-old PFCs and lance corporals will follow orders to disarm racist right-wing racists and homophobes and Christian zealots and rich people who don't want "shared sacrifice."

56 posted on 08/01/2011 2:12:20 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass
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