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Soldiers Are Already Looking for a Way Out of Hegseth’s Livestreamed Firing Squad (www.washingtonsun.com)
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At least six soldiers are planning to file for preliminary religious exemptions, a nonprofit leader told The Sun. More are expected to follow.

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[–] 33 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

To be clear, they'll find a handful of zealots no problem. The important facet here is that Hegseth doesn't seem to be endearing himself to the military. A lot of the low level enlisted guys are already wary of him and they are his shooters if he tries to start a coup.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

    I often wonder how many are loyal and how many aren't. And the high ranking leadership who were removed en masse ; where did they go? Are there pockets of officers still loyal to the disposed of leadership? Are there organized groups of soldiers within the branches who are ready to follow orders against their own government?

    Internal Pentagon politics must be wild right now. The external ones sure are.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 hours ago

    Bear in mind that he only really interfaces with the ultra high level people. The mid and low level officers haven't been purged and are at least fairly pragmatic on this kinda stuff. It's a massive convoluted organization and there are plenty of options for slow walking things, at least for a time.

    The enlisted soldiers are much less likely to have college degrees and are more likely to be RWNJ true believers. That said trump/hegseth have done a truly amazing job at making them not want to die for this shit.

    If someone wanted to try some shit, it would have to come down to how competently executed it was and my gut says (hopes?) the bar is getting high enough I don't think trump/hegseth have it in them.

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