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I would rather have a large number of well-armed pissed off men with military training still in a hierarchy which I semi-control who all just got raises and credible assurances that the dictator will actually be looking after them from now on (which the US government tends not to do for them in any respect, historically). I feel like then any of them that have little questions about their new orders will face at least some level of headwinds from their colleagues.
I get that it's frustrating if your military keeps talking back to you about "illegal orders" or "but I don't want to shoot protestors" or "you deported my auntie and her US-born kids" but that problem doesn't really get easier if you start a fight with them. They're accustomed to fighting, they understand it, they'll be fine.
I feel like logically most dictators should at least understand about loyalty and how people operate (maybe better than the big bureaucratic systems they're trying to overthrow). I don't really know if that is a pattern, but I definitely do know that the most maniacal of them tend not to, which makes them extra-notable in the history books but also limits their shelf life.