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If you'd bothered to actually read the link I cited, you'd have seen that direct commissions occur during and outside of wartime.
by TMWNN 1y ago
If you'd bothered to actually read the link I cited, you'd have seen that direct commissions occur during and outside of wartime.
- burnt-resistor 1y ago[flagged]
- TMWNN 1y agoI'll take that as your tacit acknowledgement of not having known of the existence of direct commissions before your outrage got ginned up to the appropriate level. I bet you also think that a president using both the National Guard and active-duty soldiers to quell unrest is, like, totally unprecedented and omg 100% Nazi.
- arunabha 1y ago> I bet you also think that a president using both the National Guard and active-duty soldiers to quell unrest is, like, totally unprecedented and omg 100% Nazi. I'm curious as to what your thoughts are on this topic. From the context it seems like you're not convinced that this is the case.
- TMWNN 1y ago1992 Los Angeles, 1957 Little Rock, and 1968 pretty much everywhere including the steps of the Capitol tell you that, no, using the National Guard and active-duty soldiers to quell unrest != "totally unprecedented and 100% Nazi".
- mcphage 1y agoHey, don’t forget Kent State, too, if we’re listing all of the best moments of the National Guard.
- defrost 1y agoI haven't seen National Guard and active-duty soldiers quelling any unrest recently .. the deployment to the west coast appears to be a mix of sleeping rough and unrequired performance theatre while the LAPD and state forces have things well in hand.
- TMWNN 1y agoAh yes, "things well in hand" <https://ktla.com/news/local-news/city-officials-issue-curfew-guidance-for-downtown-l-a-ahead-of-the-weekend/ https://ktla.com/news/local-news/city-officials-issue-curfew...>
- defrost 1y agoYeah, I've seen footage of two nights of the curfew going into effect .. zero need for federal troops, the locals had it covered. I'm from a five eyes ally and the US looks weak with this banana republic behaviour.