All this talk of "troops firing on Americans". LOL.
You all are picturing troops showing up at the local park on a Sundy afternoon, shootin up the church watermelon and quilting social.
Instead, picture hundreds of desperate people (Americans) clamoring for food or supplies for their family, armed to the teeth most likely, fighting over scraps and supplies, running the streets in gangs, in full blown survival mode. In a SHTF scenario, more than a couple people here may well go into panic mode and do despicable things in an effort to claim theirs.
What would troops do if faced with burning cars, molotov cocktails, armed Americans running the streets in big groups?
When asking this question, do you picture troops would just be randomly walking around Mayberry USA shooting passerby's as they were walking their dog or shopping for shoes?
_______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack
We already know that they've war gamed scenarios that involved right wing insurgencies taking over cities and regions.
We know this? Not everyone gains their info from Info Wars.
You state that you served in the U.S. military. Would you have fired on U.S. citizens, did you commit war crimes or other atrocities? If not why do you assume others to be lesser persons than yourself?
mike r
Don't wish it were easier Wish you were better
Stab them in the taint, you can't put a tourniquet on that. Craig Douglas ECQC
For those that live in fear. If you served in the military you would be able to answer that question for yourself.
Joe Bob thinks that Americans are no different than Nazis. His view reflects his and fellow thinkers morality not that of other Americans including our military.
We already know that they've war gamed scenarios that involved right wing insurgencies taking over cities and regions.
We know this? Not everyone gains their info from Info Wars.
You state that you served in the U.S. military. Would you have fired on U.S. citizens, did you commit war crimes or other atrocities? If not why do you assume others to be lesser persons than yourself?
mike r
Because I know people and I, unlike you, know that people gain no automatic and special virtue by putting on a uniform.
We already know that they've war gamed scenarios that involved right wing insurgencies taking over cities and regions.
We know this? Not everyone gains their info from Info Wars.
You state that you served in the U.S. military. Would you have fired on U.S. citizens, did you commit war crimes or other atrocities? If not why do you assume others to be lesser persons than yourself?
mike r
Because I know people and I, unlike you, know that people gain no automatic and special virtue by putting on a uniform.
You "right thinkin' individuals" reflect the values that you fear. If your life experiences have produced fear biters like you and the other "adults in the room" I understand and sympathize w/ your pain.
mike r
You've obviously lived in a very protective, academic type world. The real world ain't so nice and clean nor is it moral in any sense of the word. An adult,,,you ain't. But you apparently have your "own room".
The degree of my privacy is no business of yours.
What we've learned from history is that we haven't learned from it.
By the time such an order would come, the waters would be muddied to the point that most of the military would follow right along.
You seem to be being ignored by the rest o' the pack but I think you're probably correct here. Things have to get a lot worse before that happens ... but they could.
Tom
Anyone who thinks there's two sides to everything hasn't met a M�bius strip.
I was aware of the difference between right and wrong prior to putting on a uniform. YMMV.
mike r
Yet more of being the epitome of moral rectitude. True faith in ones fellow man is so refreshing to see here at The Campfire. Please carry on and regale us.
The degree of my privacy is no business of yours.
What we've learned from history is that we haven't learned from it.