Do the army support the president even if his orders are against your constitution? How is the overll clima and feeling today?

Just asking because I’m curious, I have no horse in this race :)

Edited to Armed forces since thats exactly what I ment

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    Have you talked to anyone in the armed forces? Many of them are there because they grew up poor and in the U.S. joining the military can be a good way to get out of poverty.

    Only a tiny fraction actually do any combat and even fewer commit war crimes. The main ones committing “war crimes” is Congress who does things like give weapons to Israel.

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      4 days ago

      The majority of gang members also grew up poor and joined a gang to get out of poverty. Does that make it justified?

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        Justified is different than calling anyone who tried joining at 18 scum and immediately dismissing them, which is also true for someone who joined a gang at 18

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        Yankistanis always have talking points that deflect their own wrongdoings but does not apply to others in similar scenario.