According to nearly a dozen retired officers and current military lawyers, as well as scholars who teach at West Point and Annapolis, an intense if quiet debate is underway inside the U.S. military community about what orders it would be obliged to obey if President-elect Donald Trump decides to follow through on his previous warnings that he might deploy troops against what he deems domestic threats, including political enemies, dissenters and immigrants.

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    “There’s a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state. The other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.”

    -Commander Adama

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      If that guy truly believes cops “serves and protects the people”…

      Then we shouldn’t be listening to anything they have to say.

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        The guy is a fictional character in a TV show, and he is arguing that his military troops should not be used for police work.

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          Ah, so it’s not relevant at all because it’s literally not even based on our own universe…

          Thanks!

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            It’s a hypothetical scenario on a military warship in space with refugees in tow.

            Also, it’s not even praising the police, just stating its purpose.

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              it’s not even praising the police, just stating its purpose

              Maybe in that universe…

              In ours “serve and protect” was never what the police were for, it was just a PR slogan they put in cruisers

              That’s what I’m talking about, our universe is not the same, although you seem to not be sure about how our universe works…

              If not youd see why the quote isn’t applicable.