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Really? These clowns couldn't take over the capitol building and now they think theyre going to take over the country? Honk your nose for me on your way our the door, k?
They actually believe that they can revolt, and with their AR-15s, magically take out National Guard troops and just acquire their weapons and armored vehicles.
A member of my family is not only a veteran, but also fell into this lunacy and thinks his work as a logistics officer and his NG training puts him on the level of the Navy SEALs. And he's almost 60. He salivates at the idea of fighting the mythical military oppression from the evil Demoncrats trying to take away his guns.
Also a factor, I think, is the notion that the military rank and file are secretly on their side, and in the event of an uprising would defect.
Too bad they fucked over the country so much, 90% of people in the military are just poor people that cant afford college (or to live in general). I dont think these people will join some white supremacist fucks
Some of them might, and if a few state governments decide to side with them a lot of people will get hurt. Even if they lose.
A lot of people gloss over this fact. Most of the folks I served with were poor Latino kids looking for GI Bill money to pay for school. Myself included, minus the Latino part.
Its not just red yokels from Nebraska who can tag an Ivan at 300m. You’re 100p correct, most of the folks in the military would not want to harm other Americans. Most of those guys are patriotic in the good sense.
I don't understand how they think that would work. Like an officer with a few decades in is going to throw away their career for something they saw on the internet? Or do they think a private is going to turn against their unit? Or maybe all the soldiers in a unit will mutiny against their CO? But then how is that rogue unit going to be supplied?
Probably while on base in Kuwait the day before leaving for (honorable) discharge in 2005ish.
The problem with all the slap-on-the-wrist sentences for the insurrectionists, and a totally free pass for Trump for inciting it... Is that they are emboldened to try again.
The only lesson they learned from the insurrection is that next time they should bring all their guns. If people don't understand that, they are nuts.
They came within a hair of achieving their goal last time. Why wouldn't they try again?
This is the largest group prosecution in the history of the US. Nothing else comes close. It's a conveyor belt of justice sending losers to the federal pen.
He was impeached for it and is now indicted for over 90 felonies. Dude will be under house arrest for the rest of his life. They're unrelated but there's a reason why lots of prosecutors are targeting him. Turns out the Justice Department doesn't like it when you try to invade Congress. They took that shit seriously.