Why is it you don't understand...... The Military will support the constitution.
We don't fire live bullets into crowds these days. We have water cannons, bean bag rounds, rubber bullets, CS, and of course the new heat ray. We can break up a crowd without using deadly force............
Slow down SFC Ollie, no one is disagreeing with you. According to Google, this is the only passage in the U. S. Constitution that relates to the Commander in Chief.
"The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment."
Now I am no Constitutional expert, but what this seems to be saying is that the military will do whatever POTUS says. So, all I am trying to do is take this to the next level, this is
not a trick question.
I believe in what you say, " We don't fire live bullets into crowds these days......" Let's say a president.......oh......Rick Perry, President Rick Perry orders you to disburse those crowds by "discharging your weapon into an unarmed crowd?" Would you do it? This goes to the crux of this thread.
I know we politic on different sides of the aisle, but you know I respect your opinion. I have got to tell you, Rick Perry in the White House scares me. I think Perry is a lose cannon ready to go off. Perry recklessly called the head of the Federal Reserve a traitor. Even the Republican Party pulled back.
Rick Perry attacks Ben Bernanke's 'treasonous' Federal Reserve strategy | World news | guardian.co.uk
If Perry told you take soldiers and kill the head of the Federal Reserve, would you do it? Seriously, if the head of the Federal Reserve WAS IN FACT a traitor beyond the shadow of a doubt, it could be the thing to do, and the sooner the better. What if the head of the Federal Reserve was working for a foreign power to manipulate financial markets? I do not think this is too far fetched to consider. Where is the line drawn, or is it a very thick, hazy gray line?
I am not baiting you, I do not want to piss you off. I want to know what you think. Maybe I am being too pushy and we should close this thread simply because there is no clear cut answer. Every situation has its own merits.
The reason I am interested is this. In 1789 French solders were told to fire into unarmed citizens who were starving. The soldiers turned on the Bastille and fired supporting the people. I am not trying to corner you personally here, if it is simply one of those fuzzy areas in life, so be it. I suppose many circumstances could effect a soldier's decision to discharge their weapon. Obviously, not being a veteran, I do not know. I have never experienced such circumstances in real life. For me this is an intellectual question, and I just thought you might want to comment.
Bastille, 1789, Paris, France.
