Some 1,500 active duty Army paratroopers have been put on alert for a potential deployment to Minnesota, according to two defense officials.

They’re ones who are trained and equipped for arctic warfare. This is kind of thing you do when planning to massacre civilians.

Edit: The Washington Post is now saying the same thing:

Pentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota, officials say

Soldiers with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division in Alaska have been placed at the ready following Trump’s Insurrection Act threat, according to defense officials.

  • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
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    3 months ago

    They know full well they’re going to Minnesota to kill a bunch of people for…blowing whistles.

    Right move in that situation is ro refuse.

    • DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      You’re ignoring the nuance, which is a weapon of Maga, so be better. The orders don’t say kill them. It says “go and maintain order”. Politics aside, they think they are the good guys. Many of them don’t have a clue that they’re being used as puppets to escalate the fascist takeover.

    • FishFace@piefed.socialEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I don’t think they do know that. How many brainwashed people have you met yourself? Have you listened to any Fox News coverage - what would someone who trusts that outlet believe?

      • homes@piefed.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        I have met a lot of both active duty and retired service members. Not a single one of them would follow such an order.

        Have you ever met a United States service member?