Well, that’s illegal.
Once you get troops on the streets, it’s only a matter of time before it goes bad. Some kid throws a stone, next minute there’s houses on fire and people getting killed.
There’s a chapter of Nights Watch, by Terry Pratchett, that I wish was mandatory for every cop and soldier. There was a bit about “restoring the peace by any means” that shock me.
About to finish Discworld for the third time and Nights Watch may be the best of all 41 books.
“You took an oath to uphold the law and defend the citizens without fear or favor," said Vimes. "And to protect the innocent. That’s all they put in. Maybe they thought those were the important things. Nothing in there about orders, even from me. You’re an officer of the law, not a soldier of the government.”
I think I had the awful luck of reading Mort and Nights Watch before any other series book, and they are by far my favorites to this day. Still many to read, and many I greatly enjoyed, but those two are something else for me.
It’s interesting that Trump seems to want to start a civil war while serving all of Russia’s other interests like turning Ukraine into the bad guy and crippling our national cybersecurity.
Traitorous, even.
In addition, the Secretary of Defense may employ any other members of the regular Armed Forces as necessary to augment and support the protection of Federal functions and property in any number determined appropriate in his discretion.
This one is going to be tough to defend in court when it gets there
This isn’t going to get decided in a court.
Fascists don’t care about the courts. If a judge is in the way they’ll just arrest them.
