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It's quite obvious by now that the US military will not decline following illegal orders. That's what led to most atrocities committed by German troops in WW2. The free world must get ready to ally and invade the US to prevent further escalation.
I wouldn't say it is obvious they won't decline. This particular event could sway it significantly. If they end up throwing the admiral under the bus, I would bet people would think more about illegal orders in the future.
Does that seem likely to you? I guess it depends on the outcome of the probes by both congress and senate, but it doesn't seem likely to me that anything will come out of them. If even it did, he would still have to be found guilty by a military court I think. Unless all the strikes are declared illegal due to the US not being at war in which case it could go to a civil court, as far as I understand. That would mean the administration admits that the whole campaign had no legal ground though, which I don't see happening. Plus the supreme court seemingly being completely corrupted as well..
Obviously what I wrote above is completely impossible, there's no way to invade the US. And by free world I certainly don't mean Russia or China either, so no chance. This can only be resolved from within the US. I hope it will, but at the moment it looks grim.
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Yes, but also what they said was accurate
The free world won't even fight against an unprovoked Russian invasion, and the Russian military is about 20% as effective as the US military.
I'm well aware. It doesn't make what the first person in the chain said incorrect
You mean the part about starting a world war to "prevent further escalation"? Eh, I know people are just blowing off steam.
No I mean
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And I do think that the free world needs to get ready to defend each other