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[–]cant_even 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

They can start with all the military-age male 'refugees' and "asylum-seekers" who jumped the border ("Wretched Refuse" indeed...).

[–]doginventer[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I think that is what they have been planning all along. What better way to amass a military that will happily act against ‘it’s own’ civilian population.

[–]cant_even 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Good point, although "da troops" have a history of unwavering support of US.gov already. Witness:

  1. That meme going around of "integration at bayonet-point" in the '50s.
  2. Next, this fantasy about "troops refusing to fire on their friends or neighbors" was anticipated and 'solved' so long ago I can't find it, but perfectly illustrated by the Katrina response. Y'know who disarmed high-and-dry, law-abiding New Orleans? The Oklahoma National Guard and the California Highway Patrol. Face it; as long as the U.S. is a single, sovereign country the U.S. military is going to do the bidding of the U.S. government. And GI- Joe isn't going to be operating in his home town.

[–]doginventer[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think you’re right, I just think the calculation likely also includes the understanding that non-national troops are less prone to disobedience, not having to face questions of divided loyalties, and probably because they are even more dependant on their employer and their fellow troops for their own security.