Some 1,500 active duty Army paratroopers have been put on alert for a potential deployment to Minnesota, according to two defense officials.

They’re ones who are trained and equipped for arctic warfare. This is kind of thing you do when planning to massacre civilians.

Edit: The Washington Post is now saying the same thing:

Pentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota, officials say

Soldiers with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division in Alaska have been placed at the ready following Trump’s Insurrection Act threat, according to defense officials.

  • homes@piefed.worldEnglish
    51·
    2 hours ago

    I have met a lot of both active duty and retired service members. Not a single one of them would follow such an order.

    Have you ever met a United States service member?

    • FishFace@piefed.socialEnglish
      2·
      1 hour ago

      You didn’t reply properly.

      An order to “kill anyone blowing a whistle” or an order to “kill any domestic terrorists who approach suspiciously”?

      And sure, but I don’t think our collective anecdotes are useful here.