To put into perspective: South Korea declared Martial Law during the end of 2024 which was short lived as their citizens were awake, not asleep (since a similar thing occurred in 1980 that lasted until 1987) it only ceased when a new president was elected, so they know what their parents have been through back then not letting it slide in modern times which was met with stiff resistance & protest from Gen Z Koreans.

Their president was impeached right after he enacted it as he’s abusing his power via blocking legislators by using both law enforcement and the military averting them from entering their national assembly, including him ordering the arrest of both the judges and supreme court justices whilst illegally declaring martial law (all in which violate their constitution). People there protested against martial law.

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    IIRC South Korea’s military wasn’t really on board with it in 2024, either. I have very little trust in the USA’s current troops when it comes to that …

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      Hegseth keeps firing generals who refuse to comply and he’ll continue to do so until he find ones that will.

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          I disagree with this, the US’s leadership lost this war, not the military itself. The military was dealt a shit hand by incompetent civilian leadership having no discernible goals and ignoring decades of intelligence and threat assessments.

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            The military should have insisted on clear goals and it should be all over the issue of threat assessment. The military failed here. Yes the orange moron caused it, but a competent military would not have engaged without proper plans and a full understanding of contingencies.

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        Every time Hegseth fires another top general, and replaces them with a loyalist Yes-man, he weakens them, and strengthens the potential revolutionary army.

        If a Civil War pops off, we will have a LOT of experienced commanders to go up against theirs.