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haele

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18. Whether or not there's an election in 2026 will indicate if the Military will need to take action.
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 07:08 PM
Oct 7

If there's no election, despite there being elections during all the Wars there have been during the time there's been a United States of America, then our Democratic Republic is officially on life support starting to flatline.
I'm trying not to be flip or hair on fire, but a lot of officers are not happy and are starting to choose their words very carefully.
Y'see, most of them understand what it takes to be an officer in a corrupt government; a lot have worked with those types of officers, and there's all sorts of studies about what happens to officers who care about successful missions, or their troops, or even "saving taxpayer dollars and optimizing resources" - because in a corrupt or idealistically authoritarian government - the Kleptocracies, the Theocracies, the Oligarchies, the Dictatorships - the only mission is to protect the ones in power. The Military becomes the Mercenary.
Citizens, the average Soldiers and Sailors, hell, any concept of civilized society be damned.

Once we have no more elections, the Military leadership will have to make their choice.
Along with the States.

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I don't know the answer to that question. Redleg Oct 7 #1
I saw General McCathry yesterday on MSNBC doc03 Oct 7 #2
fair RogueRocket Oct 7 #4
Yes I think they are more interested in their career doc03 Oct 7 #13
Yeah- I wouldn't want the military to overthrow the President Redleg Oct 7 #6
Would you prefer a dictatorship under Trump? Mysterian Oct 7 #9
If they follow his unlawful orders. Redleg Oct 7 #12
I said nothing about the military overthrowing doc03 Oct 7 #14
I didn't intend to imply you said it. Redleg Thursday #23
It's McCaffrey Mysterian Oct 7 #8
why? RogueRocket Oct 7 #16
General McCaffrey is a loyal American Mysterian Oct 7 #22
From what I hear most are republicans Tree Lady Oct 7 #20
hmm RogueRocket Oct 7 #3
I think some will Redleg Oct 7 #5
Pffffft. I give it a 50-50 at best. These two vets are candidly wearing rose-colored glasses Maru Kitteh Oct 7 #7
The biggest myth is that the military is Republicans. Emile Oct 7 #10
yeah RogueRocket Oct 7 #15
The brass is political. That makes many of them lean ... Whiskeytide Thursday #27
Refuse to follow illegal orders? Yes. Military coup? No. Ping Tung Oct 7 #11
Krasnov is actively trying to coopt the military and turn them into Liberal In Texas Oct 7 #17
Whether or not there's an election in 2026 will indicate if the Military will need to take action. haele Oct 7 #18
Haven't the "resisters" been fired? ecstatic Oct 7 #19
Watching the Navy folks cheering on Trump's bullshit on Saturday Arazi Oct 7 #21
OK military, nows the time. milestogo Thursday #24
Is it though? RogueRocket Thursday #25
When the executive and judicial branches have almost no respect for the Constitution milestogo Thursday #26
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