It’s a clear violation of their civil rights. It’s also propaganda.
The point I‘m making about the guard troops specifically is that there are so few of them and they’re not trained to do arrests so their most likely purpose is to get photographed.
When you see large groups of ICE goons standing around in big cities, it’s because they don’t fear retaliation from citizens who deem lethal force worth the risk.
A military that remembers Iraq knows that if they fire on civilians, they instantly change that risk analysis. They don’t want that.
the military knows that if they intentionally fire on protesters in a country with a second amendment, incompetent incels will not be the only people picking up sniper rifles.
Large groups of ICE goons are willing to stand around in big cities *because* they don’t currently fear deadly resistance.
Hegseth: "It all starts with physical fitness and appearance. If the secretary of war can do regular hard PT, so can every member of our joint force. Frankly, it's tiring to look out at combat formations and see fat troops. Likewise, it's completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals."
The purge needed accomplish that would mean many well trained ex-military people in the general population who really really don't like him. And he can't end the second amendment.
What comes after a purged military fires on citizens? It's ugly. Catastrophic.
The endgame for all of this is constructing a military that will obey orders when ordered to fire on citizens. That's the throughline to half of what Trump is doing.
yeah, this is hegseth straightforwardly announcing that it is free play time for bigots in the ranks. and together with his comments on standards, he clearly wants to purge as many women, black and brown people as he can from the armed services. a white man's military.
