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Originally Posted by Radar
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?
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That depends on how the troops perceive the civilians they're shooting up. What if the "patriots" have been labeled as "terrorists" by the government and media. Did the media give the Michigan Militia any kind of a fair hearing? Soldiers can only work with the information they have. You and I see the Bush Administration as operating outside the Constitution but remember the US officer corps is made up of card carrying GOP types and the many enlisted who are Dems will be of no help in identifying threats to Constitutional government.