Reply #25: Screw bullets, I get to vote! [View All]

[Deaner1971]

This is a legitimate question however, I have a different answer.

Given our democracy, I believe that we would never allow such a dictatorship to occur. We would never give anyone that kind of power (and it frustrates Ashcroft to no friggin end) because we exercise Democracy in its most glorious form.

Let's say a crazed general bypassed Democracy and ordered martial law and a military dictatorship. Still wouldn't work. Every soldier takes an oath to the Constitution (not the President for just this reason) and is obligated (per the UCMJ) to refuse an illegal or immoral order.

Thankfully, it is a decision I will never have to face (in this country).