Steve Petersen
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That is a great hope.
I think standing armies are a very big threat to civil liberties. As far as I know in the military you are trained to follow orders and not think. If some despot gains control of the military civil liberties would be dead in any country.
Here is the oath of enlistment for US Regular Army:
I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.
They swear to uphold the Constitution.
There is also a clause somewhere, to 'obey all LAWFUL orders.' I can't remember where it is.
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