• jownz@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    From what I’ve heard about the high integrity of the U.S. Marines, I wouldn’t be surprised to see them on the civilian side of the line.

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      2 hours ago

      Where have you heard this? We have marines constantly getting caught drinking and driving, breaking and entering, smuggling drugs, and even raping women here in Okinawa. I get called by the prosecutor’s office almost on a weekly basis to interpret for these guys.

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      4 hours ago

      It depends. One of the things you want to do as a dictator is to bring in units from distant areas, because the local ones will see the people as their neighbors. Trump made that mistake, so I doubt the Cal Guard is going to do anything. The Marines are from Twentynine Palms, but they could be from anywhere originally.

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      5 hours ago

      Lmfao dude thats propaganda, the marines are teenagers who’ve had “loyalty above everything” kicked into their heads since they joined up. At best they just stand around and don’t do anything, but take it from a former marine, that situation is unlikely.

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        3 hours ago

        Or just start throwing crayons at the Marines, I’ll bet the dress blues in my closet they’ll laugh at that.