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@wdlindsy@toad.social“According to nearly a dozen retired officers and current military lawyers, as well as scholars who teach at West Point and Annapolis, an intense if quiet debate is underway inside the U.S. military community about what orders it would be obliged to obey if President-elect Donald Trump decides to follow through on his previous warnings" (continued in /2)
~ Michael Hirsh
#Trump #military #immigrants #deportations #authoritarianism
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"that he might deploy troops against what he deems domestic threats, including political enemies, dissenters and immigrants.”
For more on intra-military debates about Trump's evident intent to abuse his presidential power by employing the military against US civilians and immigrants, see Ronald Krebs.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/trump-vs-military
The article is accessible beyond its paywall at https://archive.ph/cuu5z.
#Trump #military #immigrants #deportations #authoritarianism
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@wdlindsy This is dangerous for the armed forces too. Once they can be used to attack political groups and politicians, the dictator wielding them must also fear that one day they will be used against him by its generals. So he must keep them weak and divided. This is why the armies of dictators are so ineffective: it is by design. Once Trump uses the army against his opponents, he must also weaken and divide the army so that it cannot be used to depose him.
@tokensane I agree.