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DudePlayingaDude 1 point ago +2 / -1

The military is not going to intervene in what is a political matter. If Lin believes this, then I can only surmise he has fallen hook, line and sinker for Q.

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Range4harry [S] 2 points ago +2 / -0

There’s a legal argument to this

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DudePlayingaDude 2 points ago +2 / -0

Care to expound?

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grumps 2 points ago +2 / -0

I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."

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DudePlayingaDude 1 point ago +1 / -0

It is not the remit of the US Armed Forces to intervene into politics. And you don't want them to, trust me.

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“There’s a reason you separate the military and the police. One fights the enemy of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.”

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It's a line spoken by CDR Adama on Battlestar Galactica but it is elegant in it's brutal truth.

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Anaconda -4 points ago +3 / -7

Because the military is cucked and betrayed the country. Fuck the military

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DudePlayingaDude 2 points ago +2 / -0

How? Exactly?