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Re:Net Neutrality Day of Action: Help Preserve the Open Inte... by redy on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @07:02PM (#14757430)
Mutiny is likely. American officers in particular will tend not to follow orders to commit an obvious war crime. This isn't an extralegal check , it's very much legal.

But the system will fail if "the whole chain is stupid." This is why it's so dangerous to have a President obsessed with loyalty.

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Re:Net Neutrality Day of Action: Help Preserve the Open Inte... by astronautjones on Thursday July 13, 2017 @12:40AM (#14758765)
Yes, and that's why we have so many obligatory legal oaths. It is kind of astonishing that Americans without the internet developed a pretty rigorous system so long ago - Joe Rogan (sorry) summarized it well when he said that smart people think they're smart, but they're actually just regurgitating things they've learned from truly genius people from past generations
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Re:Net Neutrality Day of Action: Help Preserve the Open Inte... by Bakary on Thursday July 13, 2017 @12:27PM (#14762645)
What makes you think mutiny would be likely? It would depend on many factors such as the psychological makeup of the launch & command staff and the circumstances du jour. No doubt they made sure independent-minded soldiers likely to be unreliable were not placed anywhere near any silo.
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