That's what I started pondering after reading THIS article.
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I started this thread before watching THIS video originally posted by DCGRITS in his thread HERE.
It all makes perfect sense now. JFK created the special forces before he was killed. He knew there had to be a section that wasn't controlled by the Deep State. I now believe there is a section of our military that is still part of the Republic. The rest of the military is owned by the corporation.
It's not that they belong to "the republic" or "the corporation", it's that some factions of the military report directly to the President. If the President is fighting the Deep State, they can too