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Escurumbele

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12. How about their oath? Defend the country against foreign and domestic threats?

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Reply #7)

Mon Jan 20, 2025, 05:27 PM

Jan 20

Anyone of those people in the military who do not understand that trump and his ilk are domestic threats it is because they also are part of the threat.

Look at countries where dictatorship takes hold, the first thing the dictator does is to "recruit" the military by awarding them with part of the loot. Suddenly the high ranks of the military become extremely rich, something very difficult to give up once you have been bought and compromised, and then the extreme violence takes hold, innocent people are tortured and killed just because they don't agree with the regime.

Many examples of that in the World.

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The Pentagon bending the knee Mr. Sparkle Jan 20 #7

How about their oath? Defend the country against foreign and domestic threats? Escurumbele Jan 20 #12

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The Victor Orban playbook is now being played out in live terms now folks........... turbinetree Jan 20 #15

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