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[Calista241]

15. The military is not going to ignore orders from their superiors, and that includes

The President. That is a straight up fact. Anyone who doesn't think the US military will act when ordered to do so is deluding themselves.

Late in July, Admiral Scott Swift, commander of US Pacific Fleet, said he'd launch nuclear weapons on China if ordered to do so. He said that in response to a question at a conference in Australia.

His exact quote was:

“Every member of the U.S. military has sworn an oath to defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic and to obey the officers and the president of the United States as commander and chief appointed over us,” Swift said.

“This is core to the American democracy and any time you have a military that is moving away from a focus and an allegiance to civilian control, then we really have a significant problem,” he added.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/07/27/u-s-pacific-fleet-commander-id-launch-nuclear-strike-against-china-if-trump-ordered/515410001/