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KalashnikovMarine wrote:
I'm saying 50% based on personal experience with a large body of members of the U.S. Armed Forces. Most of us are in it for the country, not the government, and if the government turns on the country you get the military turning on the government.

And what will the military do after it turns on the government? Rule until the country is what it wants it to be?

I mean, that's fine, it is a tradition of the Americas; especially South America. But I'm not sure how well military dictatorship would go over with the US populace.

 whembly wrote:

And when those service men hit the grounds and starts seeing what's going on, they'll put 2 + 2 together.

Or they will feel legitimately threatened, and open fire.

 whembly wrote:

Besides, only the National Guard can intervene domestically. That's what we're talking about.

In the event of rebellion law does not matter.

 whembly wrote:

But... equating this study's result to predicting that the US armed services will willinging fire on their neighbors is just fething ridiculous man...

Dude.

Bro.

Members of the US armed services have willingly fired upon US citizens before.