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Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’
(www.theguardian.com)
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Or you can stay in the service and be a sabot in the wheels. Being a shitty soldier will do more to hurt the fascist service than leaving it. Trust me, i was a shitty soldier.
Also being a mole and letting resistance groups know what’s going on
Well that would be treason which i’m not advocating for.
Just being slow and fat fingering things are not traitorous things.
Treason is punishable by the death penalty so keep that in mind. Especially with who is in charge currently.
You seem to be confused. Obeying the fascist illegal orders is the treasonous act.
I’m not confused. A soldier has to walk a fine line on what they can legally do. I won’t advocate for soldiers to do illegal things. I will advocate for soldiers to disobey illegal orders and to be a shitbag for any work details they think are undemocratic. Until we’re in a full blown civil war it’s better to lie low than get kicked out of the service from spying.
If you ignore how laws are written and how the world works then yeah you’d be correct.
In the real world teft is correct
Disobeying unconstitutional orders is not treason, it's patriotism.
But that is the literal definition of treason.
Uhhh obeying the orders of a fascist traitor is treason.....so no them rising up and fighting against such shit orders is not treason but their oath to the constitution and its people.
They haven’t been given illegal orders yet. And i’ve already said that they should disobey illegal orders. All soldiers are given classes on lawful orders and which orders should and shouldn’t be obeyed. If they “rise up” as you say they will just be courtmartialed and discharged at best or executed at worst.
This is the real world not some fantasy that some of you seem to be living in. I was a soldier and i was deployed to a war i didn’t agree with. I understand what these soldiers are feeling.
I was in the military myself 2009-2013
This is an illegal order you fucking piece of shit traitor. We swear an oath to the constitution.
TRUMP is a seditionous traitor so anything he says or does is an illegal order. The military should have had the balls to nut up and say no and arrest his ass as he is a domestic terrorist.
But go on keep defending the Marines on AMERICAN soil.
You are a traitor and when war breaks out I hope you meet your maker.
Being ordered to an area isn’t illegal. Being ordered to shoot civilians is. Learn the distinction, clown. I’m not a traitor nor do i support the orange idiot.
Fuck off.
I get it but if things start going down the Civil War route than anything is fair game.
It’s only treason if you get caught.
Also there is no leaving the military, it is illegal by the very definition and you will go to military prison
Not in the US, we don't have compulsory service, and people leave legally all the time. Letting their enlistment expire is a way to leave, they could also get discharged for medical reasons, though maybe that's not something to plan on. There are others, but I'm not sure how advisable any of them are.