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stopdiggin

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7. It is extremely unlikely. And even MORE extremely unlikely that anything of the sort would happen enmass

Reply to Amaryllis (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 12:40 PM

23 hrs ago

Refusal of orders has always been a very, very rare event in the services ...
Talk to people you know who served - find out how many times they observed anything like that happening ...

( and it's probably about time that we stopped raising expectations .. ? ) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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When do we get to the part where the military refuses illegal orders? [View all] Amaryllis Yesterday OP

Don't bet on it! GCG Yesterday #1

We don't. Maybe some, but "enough" seems unlikely. OC375 Yesterday #2

We probably wouldn't hear about it if they did, for some time to come, displacedvermoter Yesterday #3

If I were a jetfighter who couldn't back out of taking off from the tarmack, Baitball Blogger 23 hrs ago #4

Military: Why won't Congress impeach this psycho? n/t leftstreet 23 hrs ago #5

piss drunk pete stacked the deck when he fired the top brass. Javaman 23 hrs ago #6

It is extremely unlikely. And even MORE extremely unlikely that anything of the sort would happen enmass stopdiggin 23 hrs ago #7

When he orders them to fire on protestors crud 23 hrs ago #8

If the protestors aren't "his" people Bettie 23 hrs ago #9

Never going to happen JBTaurus83 23 hrs ago #10

We don't get to that part -misanthroptimist 23 hrs ago #11

We don't. GaYellowDawg 23 hrs ago #12

We don't. There's a reason people are getting purged, and it ain't because they're Trump allies. mucholderthandirt 23 hrs ago #13

Mop heads, pillows, and blankets didn't suddenly plug the USS Gerald R. Ford 's entire black water system by themselves Simeon Salus 22 hrs ago #14