“I do have faith in those currently serving that they will not do that.”
Most 18-22 year olds have no moral compass or any idea the difference between right and wrong. We have an entire generation without any recognizable parental discipline having been applied. They’ll do it.
Many 25-35 year olds are the Gen X/Y. They are about as screwed up as any. They are angry, arrogant, and ignorant of this nation’s history. They don’t see this as the land of opportunity but the land that was created by oppression. They do not value its founding principles. They’ll do it.
More than half of the younger population has been brainwashed in public schools, media, and the Internet to be extreme left-wing liberals and to hate Christians, conservatives, and most “older people” they deem at fault. They’ll do it.
Many would question their orders and not fully understand if what they are being asked to do is wrong or what to do about their doubt of the lawfulness of those orders, but liberals are heavy handed and would squash any dissent quickly and brutally as they usually do. They’ll do it.
The military has been recruiting heavily for foreigners, many are illegal aliens. They’ll do it.
The military recruits heavily from inner cities, tapping the anger of racism. They’ll do it.
The military appeases liberals through creating “Wiccan Churches” and creating all female units. They’ll do it.
The military recruits from the homosexual communities. They’ll do it.
The military has been promoting via Affirmative Action and has many in higher ranks undeserving but loyal to those they know promoted them. They’ll do it.
All 3 & 4 star Generals are political appointments (Most people don’t know that), although some might resign, they’ll do it.
The political and military plans are for UN cooperation in times of civil unrest. They’ll do it.
They won’t ask the military to attack an “American”; they’ll call you a “Domestic Terrorist” first. They’ll do it.
This isn’t your or your parent’s military anymore. There are many in the military that are patriotic Americans, but many are not and that has been by design.
But it’s an entirely different level between a small group the government has labeled rogue and the entire population of the United States.
I can agree that military personnel might be willing to take out, on orders, a small group that has been labeled a threat, but I do not believe that the military would do that with the whole US population.
But we will see.