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I'll take that as your tacit acknowledgement of not having known of the existence of direct commissions before your outrage got ginned up to the appropriate level. I bet you also think that a president using both the National Guard and active-duty soldiers to quell unrest is, like, totally unprecedented and omg 100% Nazi.

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> I bet you also think that a president using both the National Guard and active-duty soldiers to quell unrest is, like, totally unprecedented and omg 100% Nazi.

I'm curious as to what your thoughts are on this topic. From the context it seems like you're not convinced that this is the case.

1992 Los Angeles, 1957 Little Rock, and 1968 pretty much everywhere including the steps of the Capitol tell you that, no, using the National Guard and active-duty soldiers to quell unrest != "totally unprecedented and 100% Nazi".

Hey, don’t forget Kent State, too, if we’re listing all of the best moments of the National Guard.

I haven't seen National Guard and active-duty soldiers quelling any unrest recently .. the deployment to the west coast appears to be a mix of sleeping rough and unrequired performance theatre while the LAPD and state forces have things well in hand.

Ah yes, "things well in hand" <https://ktla.com/news/local-news/city-officials-issue-curfew...>

Yeah, I've seen footage of two nights of the curfew going into effect .. zero need for federal troops, the locals had it covered.

I'm from a five eyes ally and the US looks weak with this banana republic behaviour.

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