“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 that he might deploy troops against what he deems domestic threats, including political enemies, dissenters and immigrants.”
“One fear is that domestic deployment of active-duty troops could lead to bloodshed given that the regular military is mainly trained to shoot at and kill foreign enemies. The only way to prevent that is establishing clear “rules of engagement” for domestic deployments, especially considering constitutional restraints protecting U.S. citizens and residents.”
“Some in the military community say they are especially disturbed by the prospect that troops might be used to serve Trump’s political ends.”
Certainly raises a lot of questions that were never even thought of before Trump
“One fear is that domestic deployment of active-duty troops could lead to bloodshed given that the regular military is mainly trained to shoot at and kill foreign enemies. The only way to prevent that is establishing clear “rules of engagement” for domestic deployments, especially considering constitutional restraints protecting U.S. citizens and residents.”
“Some in the military community say they are especially disturbed by the prospect that troops might be used to serve Trump’s political ends.”
Certainly raises a lot of questions that were never even thought of before Trump
