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Having served in the US Armed Forces, I can tell you this was drilled into our heads from day 1 at boot camp: you do not serve the president, you do not serve c
by taylodl 11mo ago
Having served in the US Armed Forces, I can tell you this was drilled into our heads from day 1 at boot camp: you do not serve the president, you do not serve congress, heck, you don't even serve the republic! You serve the constitution.
They also go over you're not to follow an unlawful order. They provide tools for recognizing an unlawful order and what to do should you suspect an order to be unlawful. As you can imagine, none of it involves sounding off to your superior officer and giving them your piece of mind. Order, discipline, and respect must be maintained, even if you believe the order to be unlawful.
The fact Trump appears to know none of this is deeply concerning. His call for the arrest and execution of those affirming these truths leaves no doubt: Trump is unfit to serve as Commander in Chief.
- AnimalMuppet 11mo agoI must commend you for doing what you said in your second paragraph. Your third paragraph says what needs to be said, without being disrespectful or "rant-y".
- rsynnott 11mo agoI mean, I’m not sure why you’d expect him to know it. He seems to have only the vaguest idea of how anything else works, and so far is largely being let away with that by the courts.