It will be a terrifying sight to see.
Hundreds of parachutes landing armed US troops on US soil.

There is only one airborne division that can do that and their OPTEMPO at the moment can’t handle a mission like that.

The old rules do not apply.

Trump loves making terrifying statements.
This would be right up his ally.

I once saw the sky filled with US paratrooper parachutes.
Armed men landing on an open field.

It was a scary sight.

It's an appalling idea.

If Trump wants it.

He has replaced many of the generals.
And told the remaining generals they will lose their rank and retirement if they cross him.
And are doing it with Mark Kelly.

Yes it was always the case that US troops would never attack Americans on US soil.
And they used to believe they worked for the American people, but now they work for Trump.

I am glad my career military father is not alive to see this situation.
The cussing would be epic.

That is OK. I am cussing for him now.

in freedom mode because in reality that order by the "crazy" President of the USA is not warranted.

An Alaska based division is prepared for cold weather operations.

Guess they do read polls after all.

This stand down order is good news for me.

I know that's ridiculous. Even the stablest barnyard idiot/genius wouldn't do that....

much bigger than GOPs simply staying home on election day and judgesissuing a bunch of peperwork without anything backing it up. The military command refusing to violate Posse Comitatus is a really big deal, not even for Fat Jebus.

When dams finally burst, they go all at once, so let's hope cracks keep on forming.

I don't know that we can assume they've refused the orders.

It's probably that someone finally convinced Chump that this would be absolutely a crazy thing to do politically. You know how he backs down on everything. I think that's what this is.

If there really is a refusal of orders, it happened at the level of the Generals and top military advisors. That's my guess.

Rank and file do what they're told by their commanders, it's how militaries are run. This would seem to be coming from the top down, reufiing to obey illegal orders from the administration. That's what's finally different.

Or maybe I'm just having an especially blind night.

deploy, and violence occurred, Trump might have an excuse to take over.

It's just like how 30 degrees feels balmy lately.