I’m sorry what examples did you bring up exactly? You just sent me a link to a Google search in which three of the top results were American officials talking about how they want to fire on protesters. If that’s the level of scrutiny you bring to your research I’m not surprised you don’t know more. For instance the many many times US National Guards upon Union Strikers in our country’s history.
You seem to have some sort of reverence for the US National Guard that has no basis in reality and I really suggest you educate yourself upon the history of our country. The ones that they don’t want you to read. Not the propaganda you seem to have fallen for.
Those are on the first page of results I saw. There are lots of examples, it’s a pretty common feature of the end stage of a successful revolution for the troops to see which way the wind is blowing and refuse to fire on the demonstrators.
For me, the fact that Hegseth really wants them to fire on protestors, but instead they’re picking up trash and doing landscaping, indicates that there is some disconnect somewhere. Not that they’re obviously horrible and will fire on protestors with glee, and the fact that Hegseth wants them to do exactly that just hasn’t trickled all the way down to them yet.
I am sure there are some National Guard members who really want to fire on protestors. I think that’s part of the point of bringing groups of them from deep-red states to places that are not their home to be deployed. I’m not saying some shit will not go down. But also, the fact that you’re going back to the 1890s to find your examples kind of undoes your assertion that every single one of them is waiting with glee for their chance to fire on American civilians because that’s exactly what they signed up for. You honestly just have no idea what you’re talking about here, you’re just airing your sort of vibes assessment of what you think military people are like.
I’m sorry what examples did you bring up exactly? You just sent me a link to a Google search in which three of the top results were American officials talking about how they want to fire on protesters. If that’s the level of scrutiny you bring to your research I’m not surprised you don’t know more. For instance the many many times US National Guards upon Union Strikers in our country’s history.
You seem to have some sort of reverence for the US National Guard that has no basis in reality and I really suggest you educate yourself upon the history of our country. The ones that they don’t want you to read. Not the propaganda you seem to have fallen for.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2011/07/09/syria-defectors-describe-orders-shoot-unarmed-protesters
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2011/04/syrian-soldiers-reportedly-shot-refusing-fire-protesters/349571/
https://igcc.ucsd.edu/blog/military-dissent-and-protest-when-soldiers-refuse-orders-to-use-force/
Those are on the first page of results I saw. There are lots of examples, it’s a pretty common feature of the end stage of a successful revolution for the troops to see which way the wind is blowing and refuse to fire on the demonstrators.
For me, the fact that Hegseth really wants them to fire on protestors, but instead they’re picking up trash and doing landscaping, indicates that there is some disconnect somewhere. Not that they’re obviously horrible and will fire on protestors with glee, and the fact that Hegseth wants them to do exactly that just hasn’t trickled all the way down to them yet.
I am sure there are some National Guard members who really want to fire on protestors. I think that’s part of the point of bringing groups of them from deep-red states to places that are not their home to be deployed. I’m not saying some shit will not go down. But also, the fact that you’re going back to the 1890s to find your examples kind of undoes your assertion that every single one of them is waiting with glee for their chance to fire on American civilians because that’s exactly what they signed up for. You honestly just have no idea what you’re talking about here, you’re just airing your sort of vibes assessment of what you think military people are like.