curtispenner
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Believing that what happened in Boston will happen again is not outlandish. @Soulfly can talk about counting this and that as if martial law didn't get imposed, but it doesn't change what happened. Boston is fresh in our memories. And then we had that ridiculous situation with Chris Dorner so soon after. I realize that Dorner was not a military situation. But these types of incidents make me suspicious that we are losing our sense of common decency and placing the citizen below the "authorities" in place of what has traditionally been the reverse. It takes a bigger and better man to humbly serve.You're jumping to the single most outlandish and worst case scenario over mundane training that takes place across the world as a "just in case" scenario. No one WANTS it to happen but no one wants to get caught with their pants around their ankles either.
Our service men are some of our best. I do not believe they desire to break their oaths to protect and uphold the Constitution. I see their humanity shining through in decisions like refusing to go along with bombing Syria.
But I also see the potential for what "comes next" to be an ordered military response to protests. How many of our servicemen would contravene that order and say "No sir!"? We need to be prepared, yes. But more important is our ability to exercise humility and restraint.
Someone must stand for the little guy. I do so in hopes that if I'm ever being trodden on, someone will be there to stand for me.