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What would happen if the US president declares martial law (not statewide, but entire nation) overnight? (piefed.social)

submitted 12 hours ago by Shadow79@piefed.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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To put into perspective: South Korea declared Martial Law during the end of 2024 which was short lived as their citizens were awake, not asleep (since a similar thing occurred in 1980 that lasted until 1987) it only ceased when a new president was elected, so they know what their parents have been through back then not letting it slide in modern times which was met with stiff resistance & protest from Gen Z Koreans.

Their president was impeached right after he enacted it as he's abusing his power via blocking legislators by using both law enforcement and the military averting them from entering their national assembly, including him ordering the arrest of both the judges and supreme court justices whilst illegally declaring martial law (all in which violate their constitution). People there protested against martial law.

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[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 15 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Except they're all so useless they just lost a war to a country with no airforce or navy.

[–] protist@retrofed.com 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I disagree with this, the US's leadership lost this war, not the military itself. The military was dealt a shit hand by incompetent civilian leadership having no discernible goals and ignoring decades of intelligence and threat assessments.

[–] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago

The military should have insisted on clear goals and it should be all over the issue of threat assessment. The military failed here. Yes the orange moron caused it, but a competent military would not have engaged without proper plans and a full understanding of contingencies.