No Marine obeyed an illegal order, and that’s the whole point of this thread.
They were used in a very narrow scope as defined by law, protecting specific government buildings.
It was Trump being a bully and grandstanding, but other than the optics we’re talking about, it was really a lame event.
The vast majority of the 2k Marines did what Marines always do when they don’t have specific orders on a shit deployment, the sat around or caught up on rack time.
Remind me again how many Marines opened fire on civilians.
So it’s fine as long as they’re not literally murdering people?
No Marine obeyed an illegal order, and that’s the whole point of this thread.
They were used in a very narrow scope as defined by law, protecting specific government buildings.
It was Trump being a bully and grandstanding, but other than the optics we’re talking about, it was really a lame event.
The vast majority of the 2k Marines did what Marines always do when they don’t have specific orders on a shit deployment, the sat around or caught up on rack time.
Right?! They were out in less than 6-weeks.