Comment by MountainMapleMI on 05/12/2024 at 19:29 UTC

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View submission: What Trump Doesn’t Understand About the Military - Trump doesn’t seem to understand the arrangement that makes the U.S. both democratic and powerful.

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So ability to refuse unlawful orders extends to National Guard units as well?

Because the

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Would like to have a word about being fired upon.

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Comment by pectah at 05/12/2024 at 20:03 UTC

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National Guard personnel receive the same basic training as active duty units.

The military and the US in general are completely different after 110 years. Lots of laws have been put in place dealing with civil rights, including in the UCMJ, and in military training. When bad things happen, that's when people seem to make big changes, unfortunately.

You're just trying to be divisive and not adding to the discussion at all by cherry-picking that argument.

Are you a Russian or Chinese government troll, ChatGPT?