They haven’t actually gotten rid of very many generals. They got rid of a lot of lawyers, hoping that without legal council, the generals would simply follow orders…but once you reach the rank of general, asking advice from legal council is usually just a formality. They already know whether an order is legal or not.
That’s why I said there would be a civil war inside the military. If Trump actually gave them the order to engage the US public, the entire chain of command would collapse. There would be enough officers unwilling to follow that order, that the order itself would never reach the bottom. And if any rank and file soldier decided to follow that order, without it coming from their direct commanding officer, they would be up for court-martial.
More than a handful I’d say. Why do you think they’ve worked so hard to install loyalists at every level throughout the USG?
They haven’t actually gotten rid of very many generals. They got rid of a lot of lawyers, hoping that without legal council, the generals would simply follow orders…but once you reach the rank of general, asking advice from legal council is usually just a formality. They already know whether an order is legal or not.
That’s why I said there would be a civil war inside the military. If Trump actually gave them the order to engage the US public, the entire chain of command would collapse. There would be enough officers unwilling to follow that order, that the order itself would never reach the bottom. And if any rank and file soldier decided to follow that order, without it coming from their direct commanding officer, they would be up for court-martial.