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Would our military personnel honor the Constitution or just follow orders?
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Source : Ivan's War By Catherine Merridale, p. 69
Originally posted by Sundancer
From other posts I've read touching on this issue, I'd say the military will follow orders and fire on their brothers. Military people will be the first to tell you, they do as they are told and they follow orders, period!
If the boss handing down the orders doesn't give a crap about the constittion neither do they...
Star and flag
Originally posted by dooper
The NCO's.
They are the key.
In Special Forces, for example, they are all NCO's. One A-Team is smarter than our entire General Officer Corps.
Originally posted by JaxonRoberts
reply to post by visible_villain
Are you seriously comparing our troops to those of the Red Army under Stalin??? I am seriously dumbfounded!!! Talk about apples and oranges!!! I am tempted to just go off on you, but I'll keep to my ATS personal mantra, and attack the post and not the poster!
Originally posted by dooper
reply to post by visible_villain
Vusible, your analogy leave out one very critical element. Actually, two.
First, the Russians of the day were accustomed to being "ruled." One ruler for another made little difference in their daily lives, and was more easily pushed upon them.
The people had no history of self-determination. No experience. No longing.
Second, the people were unarmed. A few White Russians fought for a while, but they were too few.
Americans KNOW what freedom is like, they are unaccustomed to being "ruled," and they are well-armed.
Look at what's going on in Iran. Now imagine an armed Iran. . .
Originally posted by visible_villain
Originally posted by dooper
reply to post by visible_villain
Vusible, your analogy leave out one very critical element. Actually, two.
First, the Russians of the day were accustomed to being "ruled." One ruler for another made little difference in their daily lives, and was more easily pushed upon them.
The people had no history of self-determination. No experience. No longing.
Second, the people were unarmed. A few White Russians fought for a while, but they were too few.
Americans KNOW what freedom is like, they are unaccustomed to being "ruled," and they are well-armed.
Look at what's going on in Iran. Now imagine an armed Iran. . .
Look --
This is all well and good ... and very poetic and patriotic as well ... whatever ...
I don't care how many 'well armed citizens' you put in theatre, all I need is one unmanned drone and 'somethin extry special from the boys in the lab' ...
Capice ?
Anyway, for a bunch of people who claim they 'deny ignorance' , it's clear you all have no idea what on its way to your doorstep ...
Take care, and good luck.