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In reply to the discussion: Liz Cheney secretly organized move to block Trump from using military to overturn election: report [View all]stopdiggin
(11,302 posts)and (hopefully) your analysis as well. I was heartened, and proud, when the military (quite publicly) refused to go along with the seditious nonsense. But I do have to point out how many of our citizens (both in and out of the military) -- are completely on board with the 'Stolen Election' narrative. Still today! Completely convinced that the actions of Jan 6th -- both by the protesters, and by the legislators -- were absolutely right, and supremely patriotic. And in that context -- I'm not sure if 'illegal orders' would have been as black and white (to many) as you suggest? Indeed, there appear(ed) to be a surprising number of (former?) military on hand that day -- demonstrating that a number of them saw no problems ....
The Trump cult, by very definition, is imbued with a heavy disdain for 'rules and regs.' We could hardly get a clearer picture ....