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The Pentagon has summoned military officials from around the world for a gathering in Virginia. Even top generals and their staffs don’t know the reason for the meeting.

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[–] 29 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I mean... the US military is supposed to be anti fascist, and if you're a general you've been there longer than just trumps term, so really they are all anti fascists.

Antifa is a terrorist organization now, so he'll round em all up, charge them with treason, and install new generals who've never served in the military before.

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  • [–] 29 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    The military swears an oath to the constitution, not the president or any man. Which is what my air force friends have been telling me - don't worry, the forces won't go fascist. Trump apparently came to the same conclusion and is reducing their forces while he massively ramps up ICE, his new domestic army that DOES swear allegiance to him.

    Which seems like it has implications but I'm no analyst.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I mean, there’s funding, sure. But I’d put my money on a marine with nothing but flipflops and his privately owned rifle over a ICE goon any day.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    right, the air force has no extremists

    i remember the AFB he was stationed at's response to this. it was nothing.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Every org is going to have extremists, but you are talking about a former military member that was discharged with a less than honorable discharge, who then committed and was sentenced for murder.

    What do you think the AFB should have done here?

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    he was active duty when it happened

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    And he was discharged, tried for murder and sentenced to over 40 years in jail.

    What do you think should have been done by the military unit that would have made this better?

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    Which will basically be like Tsarist Russia, which was humiliated countless times in the 19th century and ww1 in no small part due to their big military officers being appointed due to noble rank rather than merit or ability.

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