What is our military going to do?

[Magoo48]

My hope is that they imagine all possible scenarios and consider how they will or will not act. All security agencies have 6 months to make a plan.

[BlueTsunami2018]

1. He's going to purge them too.

Loyalists only, his own personal Gestapo.

[Magoo48]

15. Let's hope not. That would be dangerously unfortunate.

[BlueTsunami2018]

20. Yeah well, it's all part of the deal.

That’s what all the denigration of the alphabet agencies and the Secret Service was all about. They’re corrupt, they need to be replaced with loyalists. Hitler’s generals and blah blah blah.

I think this threat is very real.

[ramedy]

2. What ever the CIC tells them to do.

There aren't any guardrails, and he is the CIC.

[Magoo48]

14. Yes, but one hopes there are lines they would not cross.Like Posse Comitatus limits.

[ramedy]

18. There aren't. They will cross lines now.

The military will do what the CIC says.

[Magoo48]

19. Well, there is a fair chance we will find out. Maybe someone sane will show up.

[electric_blue68]

21. I think there is such a thing as not obeying illegal orders...

depending on what outrageous order he might give; AFers of concious could refuse them.

[Quakerfriend]

3. Yes. I am also reminded that Trump and Miller

have talked of wanting to reinstate the draft.

[hawkeye21]

7. Sure, the draft dodger wants to reinstate the draft.

This time he should be the first in line since his bone spurs have healed by now. After all he's got the body of a 25-year-old. Getting out there and going all Rambo would be just his thing, hero that he is. No more draft dodger, Donnie.

[Quakerfriend]

9. 😂. You reminded me of the images of him on

those ridiculous NFT cards that he tried to hawk!!

[Magoo48]

12. Yes, I remember the last draft. It made for an intense period of social upheaval.

[bottomofthehill]

4. Follow legal orders

[getagrip_already]

6. Under the insurrection act?

Which law? Whose orders?

Gets real dicey since that act suspends laws and the constitution itself.

And what if they rewrite the cmj so a soldier must follow all oders, legal or otherwise? Or merely define a lawful order as one issued by a superior officer aboveva certain rank?

We cant rely on foot soldiers in the end. Kent state taught us that.

[SoCalDavidS]

5. You Think The Military Is Going To Save Us?

I bet a majority of them voted for him.

[Magoo48]

11. No, I believe any relief will have to grow out of our grassroots efforts.

[onenote]

8. What are they going to do about what?

Do you have some particular scenario in mind that you're wondering about?

[Magoo48]

10. Nope, just, if it is really off the wall, how will they respond? How far will they go?

[SoCalDavidS]

13. I Suspect We'll Find Out At Some Point

My guess is they will follow orders of the President, who is a member of the party controlling the entire government apparatus, and supported by half the population.

[Magoo48]

16. I'm hoping in the next two months some in depth planning is underway to circumvent a worst case scenario.

[SoCalDavidS]

17. What Purpose Would That Serve?

On January 20, he is going to take over for 4 years, so any "planning" done now, will be irrelevant.