What would it take?

[Radar]

Originally Posted by lookout123

sorry it took a while to respond. i had to stop laughing first. i don't know what military members you are familiar with, but... well hell, there are a lot of buts to put in there. in the end, if i tell one of my troops to put a bullet in someone because "they are the enemy" and my troop refuses? bullshit - my troop won't refuse for fear of the repurcussions.

i'm not saying that i would tell my people to fire on americans - i am saying that if i did they would either do it or risk being shot on the spot. end of story.

I can tell you for a fact that the majority of YOUR troops if told that American civilians were the "enemy" and you ordered those troops to fire, they would not only refuse the order, but take YOU into custody. In fact YOU might get shot by your own troops for giving such an unlawful order. How's that for reprecussions?


I served in the U.S. Navy myself and know many people from all branches.

The truth is, troops actually think. No matter how much the government tries to drum that out of them and turn them into automotons, they actually think. They are human. And they will not follow an order to fire on Americans under any circumstances.

Are there some? Sure. There are probably 10%-15% of psychos in the military who would follow an order to fire on Americans, but the other 85%-90% would stop them.

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Participating in the process of a democratic republic is part of what stops the government from going nuts and killing all the people. We are "fighting back" merely by talking about it.

The GOP has removed all checks and balances in government. This IS a tyrannical regime. They control all branches of government and are wildly throwing away huge parts of the Constitution. They are trying to turn America into everything the founders created it to escape from...an empire that the sun never sets on that practices religious persecution, and has unlimited powers while not recognizing the rights of the individual.