Seriously. People wildly overestimate the US military's willingness to disobey even an unlawful order coming from the president and his lackeys.
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Seriously. People wildly overestimate the US military's willingness to disobey even an unlawful order coming from the president and his lackeys.
They may swear an oath to uphold the Constitution but it's drilled into them to follow orders first.
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RE: https://dice.camp/@artemis/115850447791966951
Seriously. People wildly overestimate the US military's willingness to disobey even an unlawful order coming from the president and his lackeys.
They may swear an oath to uphold the Constitution but it's drilled into them to follow orders first.
Americans' military hero worship is wrong on multiple levels.
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Americans' military hero worship is wrong on multiple levels.
A lot of soldiers came back from Iraq and Afghanistan (and Vietnam and, and, and) totally fucked up by the experience and with a deep and justified loathing of the politicians who sent them there for spurious reasons. But they still did the job while they were there. Because the military are like cops. Systems of conformity crush everyone down to the same level in the end.
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A lot of soldiers came back from Iraq and Afghanistan (and Vietnam and, and, and) totally fucked up by the experience and with a deep and justified loathing of the politicians who sent them there for spurious reasons. But they still did the job while they were there. Because the military are like cops. Systems of conformity crush everyone down to the same level in the end.
The admirals and generals probably fucking hate Pete Hegseth's guts and consider him a wannabe but 99% of them will do exactly what he says.
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A lot of soldiers came back from Iraq and Afghanistan (and Vietnam and, and, and) totally fucked up by the experience and with a deep and justified loathing of the politicians who sent them there for spurious reasons. But they still did the job while they were there. Because the military are like cops. Systems of conformity crush everyone down to the same level in the end.
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why don't Presidents fight the war?
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