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To: qaz123
No, I know what you're saying, and I'd say about 60% or more would break away and refuse such nonsense (of course that's assuming a more-or-less overnight "And now we're going to round up civilians" kind of order, which is highly unlikely).

However, understand that our military has been fighting counter-insurgency for quite a while now against an enemy that has a very different language and culture than ours--and we're pretty damn good at it by now. If some of the guys on the ground take contact from people who will not submit, regardless of the Soldiers' feelings on the matter, they're going to maneuver on and destroy the threat, not debate the appropriateness of the response of the populace.

99 posted on 03/24/2013 3:28:04 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: Future Snake Eater

Very true, sir.

But, there are lots of guys that were doing that counter-insurgency stuff from 2001 to present day.

And, they are now civilians. They don’t like how things are now. How the government treated them when they were deployed. And what they believed in and continue to believe in. They didn’t go to war to support people like obama and his ilk. The Lord knows that I hope it never comes to that, but I think there a many that do unfortunately. But we shall see.


102 posted on 03/24/2013 3:39:02 PM PDT by qaz123
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