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Re:Supreme Court Rejects Trump Bid to Overturn Election Results by ThrowawayR2 on Friday December 11, 2020 @10:11PM (#25395033)
> "The US armed forces would probably follow his orders and be able to win Civil War 2.0 in very little time, with probably less than 1000 Americans losing their lives ."

Are you willing to bet your future on that? Seems like a bad gamble to me.

"In a poll released this week, 52 percent of veterans said they would vote for President Trump, while 42 percent backed former Vice President Joe Biden. ... In 2016, Trump was favored by 60 percent of veterans who voted, according to exit polling."

https://www.kpbs.org/news/2020/oct/29/veterans-usually-vote-...

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Re:Supreme Court Rejects Trump Bid to Overturn Election Results by mcphage on Saturday December 12, 2020 @05:51PM (#25402549)
They do take an oath to uphold the constitution. 52% of veterans may have voted for Trump, but I doubt 52% of veterans are going to violate that oath.

In any event, it’s a terrible idea for all concerned.

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