• NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    If “the military leadership” were as obsessed with upholding Freedom as people pretend they are, they would have stepped in on Jan 6 when it was clear that the POTUS was behind the insurrection and the Vice POTUS and Speaker of the House were both under siege and unable to act.

    Instead, they sat on their hands and waited to see how things will shake out.

    But hey, I am sure the next time… the exact same POTUS stages an insurrection and tries to have the government executed that the “military leadership” will react in a drastically different way. Yeah…

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      1 year ago

      Shouldn’t the military not be involved with domestic affairs?

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        1 year ago

        I would suggest checking out the period between 1861 and 1865 as a good example of precedent for the US military operating on US soil. Same with every time we trotted out the army to murder some Native Americans. Also, the National Guard gets called out when there are “riots” to this day.

        But also: If the stance is that the US Military is suddenly not allowed to operate on US Soil, then this is all moot and they will sit and allow the insurrection regardless of how “military leadership” feels.