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(6,377 posts)until we're in it.
Soldiers are loyal to the man/woman next to them. They follow orders. So what really matters is what the officers tell them to do. Of course, if they think they're receiving an illegal order, they will then do or not do whatever they have been ordered. The problem is, how are they going to know what's an illegal order, in the age of Trump?
Trump, upon election, immediately began courting the military branches and the police. Even though he's a coward himself, he sure won't mind sending the troops out to die in the name of a Trump Hotel. And, the troops are NOT stupid. We have many good, smart people in there. They'll be able to see what's going on.
The troops are not going to speak up against the CIC. So, I don't see how anyone could know exactly what the officers think, or if they would resist shooting unarmed civilians just so Trump could persist in the pResidency. In fact, they might very well arrest the entire Congress and turn it over to those that are loyal to the Constitution. Trump needs those troops to carry out his wishes, and they might just surprise him.
If Trump is not impeached, and he were to be reelected, he will eventually get a good many of them killed in some war that HE chooses to support in favor of some dictator buddy of his, because that's the kinda guy he admires.
This is a big mess that We The People must fix pronto.