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PopSixSquish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 10:57 PM Original message |
So Why Exactly Do These WingNuts Always Think That the Military Will Be on Their Side? |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because they're stupid? |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 08:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. and delusional. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. They're stuck in a rut of their own design.. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. I've wondered about that too, but I think it boils down to their overly-simplified views in general |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. I don't think it is that simple. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Despite the rhetoric, many Republican administrations have also cut military budgets and programs |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. I agree with you but I think those who are predicting this think that the |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 06:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Many of the PRESENT General Officers who survived Rumsfeld's purge are right wing-nuts. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. I hated Nixon with a white hot fervor when I served, but I took an oath and |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. I don't know, but my Marine friend proudly bragged there would be a coup if Hillary Clinton became |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 07:23 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. How can you be friends with a traitor? |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 09:02 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Eh, we went to high school together and we were really close back then |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
7. Many are of conservative bent all of their lives |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 04:37 AM Response to Original message |
8. The Constitution doesn't even support a permanent standing army |
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EmilyAnne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 05:57 AM Response to Original message |
9. Thank you! nt |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
10. I think polls of military officers |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
11. Please note: THE BEST leaders in the military are, by nature, NOT authoritarian. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
16. Because the military is so goddamned MAHNLY. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
17. They love wars |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
19. Because they worship authority figures and institutions. nt |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. Because they believe that the military is .. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
21. Because of their delusion that "libruls hate our troops". |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
23. Because the general officers corp |
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