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Pentagon to Remove Enola Gay

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Re: Pentagon to Remove Enola Gay

#11

I don't understand why these idiots aren't laughed out of the room with these childish requests. Looks like this is a "maybe" so hopefully that's happening?

Lots of grifters are jizzing at the amount of grift to be done.

People like trump get powerful because they're corrupt. Corrupt people prop them up.

Re: Pentagon to Remove Enola Gay

#15

I don't understand why these idiots aren't laughed out of the room with these childish requests. Looks like this is a "maybe" so hopefully that's happening?

You do not want a U.S. military that isn't willing to subordinate itself to civilian control, even if the civilians are stupid. No matter how terminally online or terminally partisan you are, you absolutely, positively do not want that .

That same civilian control is supposed to remain within the intentional confines of the Constitution - even if said civilians don't like it.

Re: Pentagon to Remove Enola Gay

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I don't understand why these idiots aren't laughed out of the room with these childish requests. Looks like this is a "maybe" so hopefully that's happening?

The "idiots" are everyone's boss and haven't shown any restraint in firing everyone who disagrees with them.

I've quit jobs for far less than an active fascist takeover of the government.

Re: Pentagon to Remove Enola Gay

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

You do not want a U.S. military that isn't willing to subordinate itself to civilian control, even if the civilians are stupid. No matter how terminally online or terminally partisan you are, you absolutely, positively do not want that .

The rest of the world has something teach you here. Back in 1945..46 at the time of Nuremberg trials the cases of "just following orders" defense did not work. That one can be trialed and prosecuted for following orders has been part of the curriculum in military education in many countries in the world. So you a wrong. You absolutely, positively want that the military chain of command will be laughed out for stupid…

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Re: Pentagon to Remove Enola Gay

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

You do not want a U.S. military that isn't willing to subordinate itself to civilian control, even if the civilians are stupid. No matter how terminally online or terminally partisan you are, you absolutely, positively do not want that .

The rest of the world has something teach you here. Back in 1945..46 at the time of Nuremberg trials the cases of "just following orders" defense did not work. That one can be trialed and prosecuted for following orders has been part of the curriculum in military education in many countries in the world. So you a wrong. You absolutely, positively want that the military chain of command will be laughed out for stupid…

Since the orders being given here are distasteful but not illegal, your argument is irrelevant.

Since we're discussing history, here's some for you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_junta . You do not want to live in places where the military can ignore the decisions of the civilian government if they don't feel like doing it. Such places are not nice places to live.

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