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[-] Alteon@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

It'll never happen. US Military would never willingly split itself apart, let itself get split apart, or let another nation that it's not allied with have any sort of Army on its equivalent. The 50 states are here to stay.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 47 points 2 years ago

Never say never. The domestic terrorists/agents of Putin are aching for an actual shooting civil war.

[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

Even a peaceful division of the US would be something they would seriously benefit from. The US permanently divided against itself, each side easy to manipulate into a military conflict against the other. We would have nukes pointed at each other within a decade. It would be like the splitting of India and Pakistan, along with all the accompanying human rights atrocities.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Also how long before an invasion? They’re fascists, fascists don’t sit still while experiencing consequences, they invade

[-] IzzyJ@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

America has never been good at defeating geurilla forces

[-] mkwt@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago
[-] ThrowawayInTheYear23@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago

Sherman should have kept burning the traitors.

[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Dude should have gone west after Savannah, Atlanta has its shit mostly together now

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago
[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Agreed, but that seems more a reaction to the progress than a symptom of it not happening.

[-] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 6 points 2 years ago

The US military is going to be replaced by Trump loyalists. Whatever he wants to happen is what’s gonna happen.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I doubt it. He can barely run his shit past the civilian government. I'd be surprised if he knows that the UCMJ exists. The brass aren't going to just fall in line, they know what an illegal order is, and what to do when they are given one.

He may manage to be the first POTUS that is ever told by the military that they have no confidence in him, and will refuse to take orders from him.

[-] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 4 points 2 years ago

Maybe. But I also see a lot of trump support within the military. I really don’t think it will be as cut and dry as you say. Especially if he goes through with his prosecuting and removal of every military officer involved in the Afghanistan exit, which to me just seems like a way to pick and choose loyalists in his military.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

That's the thing he is going to find out. There are procedures for these things, and I seriously doubt that he can luck into getting consistent panels of 5 JAG that will throw the book at people over fabricated evidence. Also what he isn't taking into account is that all of them have the defence that he ordered them to do it, so the buck stops with him. Having the military put the POTUS under military tribunal because he forced them to would be pretty funny though.

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