From: Randall Randall (wolfkin@freedomspace.net)
Date: Wed Feb 10 1999 - 12:50:48 MST
It's been rumored that on Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:
>Why would the military go along with it?
Because they're told it's their duty, and the first coupla
people to refuse get court-martialed?
>These aren't conscripted 16-year-old kids waving firearms around,
>prevented from running by an elite guard. These are highly educated,
>electronics-savvy, *volunteer* forces who know what the Constitution is.
I've got bad news for you. As a former member of those "highly-educated"
forces, let me point out that if fed the right lines, the army would most
certainly do this. :( BTW, what makes you think that conscripted soldiers
are *more* likely to do this to their homes?
>Furthermore, they aren't personally loyal to the Commander-In-Chief.
>Generally speaking, the military hates Clinton's draft-dodging guts.
But they aren't going to be personally asked by Clinton. If this was
to happen, it would be chain-of-command, all the way down.
>If Clinton tried to take over the country in a military coup, the
>military would just laugh at him. If the higher-level officers went
>along with it, the lower-level officers would frag them.
You have no idea how strong the "follow orders" meme is in the
armed forces...
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