I wonder how things are able to play out with the Biden administration vetting military generals etc changing guards, making sure they're part of "his team". We've seen the changes and I am confused on this part. How do things happen, will things happen under these circumstances? Sorry about my ignorance here.
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Nothing wrong abut "ignorance" -- just means a lack of understanding of the facts.
I am a former Marine, in a wheel chair since the Battle for Hue City. I was a Marine for 4 years prior to going to RVN in 1967. I only have direct knowledge of the Marine's Mind Set in that time. But I know a lot of Marines still on active duty and I know that their Mind Sets are the same as I had then and there.
A Marine will follow his Leaders anywhere, anyplace. A Marine Leader is anyone in a rank above yours who is either placed in command or has assumed command in Battle as I did once when I was a Sergeant.
Believe me when I tell you that we knew the difference between "right" and "wrong" and if an order was one which was patently illegal or out of the bounds of clear military battle thinking. Whether a marine today would follow orders to the extent of rounding up US Citizens on the street, is a conundrum; that action depends upon what order the marine receives and how those orders are phrased and parsed, although "parsing" isn't really the correct word, which is more like "accepting" the order.
Even that word, "accepting" isn't correct since a Marine will follow orders right down to the last drop of blood. Unless, unless the Marine sees that something about the order given is "just ain't right" in which case the Marine might take a moment to think about the Rules of Warfare -- maybe, perhaps, possibly, hopefully.
Bayoneting civilians would be the very last straw, so to speak, but I could see that happening if a line of Marines were being rushed by a bunch of "opposing forces", e.g. armed civilians, Antifa or Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, militia members, or any other group dressed up in camo and brandishing weapons of any sort. Particularly if that group was attempting to assault a position or place guarded by Marines.
If, and this is a big "if", it ever comes to the point of civil insurrection with armed citizens assaulting a place, or people, and the Marines are there as a protection force, orders will be given and blood will be shed. Count on that.
Semper Fi
Also factor in that roughly half of West Point, Annapolis, and Air Force Academy graduates for decades got in through nomination by demonrat Senators and Representatives. Filtered through them. These graduatesmake up most of our top officers. Do you think the likes of Pelosi and Schumer were appointing conservative Patriots? Of course not.
Very good point
You can also factor in candidates for the service academies, who love their country and are patriots, DO get appointments to the academies from the most liberal members of congress. Stating this as FACT. Also ROTC and OCS make up most of the officers from colleges all around the country.