Do you think the U.S. military would fire on peaceably assembled citizens on the Presidents orders alone?

I really don't know what to say. The law is that the US military will not be used upon US citizens. However, the National Guard fired upon students at Kent State in 1970. Of course, that was the Ohio National Guard; not the US military.

Who knows.

Edit: To Liberal....Nathan Bedford Forrest was an outstanding Confederate general. Although Forrest has been associated with the Ku Klux Klan movement, he officially denied participation and no evidence of a formal link exists. Delegates at an 1867 KKK convention in Nashville named him the organization's honorary Grand Wizard, or leader-in-chief without him being present.

The KKK, itself, began as an organization, sworn to recognize the government of the United States, whose original objective was to oppose reconstructionists; not at all what it morphed into. Forrest's personal sentiments on the issue of race were quite different from that of the KKK.

In fact, a Congressional investigation on Klan activities in 1871, the committee concluded that Forrest's involvement with the Klan was limited to trying to get it to disband. They determined there was no evidence that he had founded or led the Klan.

Just so ya know.

I've pondered this myself.

It's easy to say that they wouldn't, but then again who would have ever thought the SS, and SA would be so harsh to their own citizens under Hitler.

Hitler was a lunatic, and the German military listened to his orders over respecting their fellow citizens. If a German citizen were asked this very question in 1933, what do you think they would say to this question? I'm thinking the same answer as most Americans would say now...'no it would never happen'.

America is different in it's values, but that's not to say it couldn't happen. I've met several policemen through the years who's ethics I would question in such a situation. This isn't all of them by any stretch, but some definitely would be probable murderers.

I think the military would be split, and it would come down to the individual soldier, as I think some would, and some wouldn't.

I think that this scenario if it is ever to happen is down the road a little ways, and it will partly depend on how severely the soldier is punished for not obeying orders at that point in time.

Most totalitarian governments in the past have killed soldiers who don't obey orders, and totalitarian is the direction were headed.

The military read the Constitution as a requirement. So any soldier in his right mind would remember what he's read and know that it's unconstitutional to attack his own fellow citizens.

I think in the event of another civil war, our military will disobey the government and side with the People. The ones who will stick by the government are private companies that the gov't hires such as Blackwater. Those are the ones who will fire on the People.

No, the majority of military personnel would not. Just as in law enforcement, the majority are patriotic men and women and they take their oath to the Constitution seriously. But there are always a few bad apples in every group.

What we need to watch our for is lies coming from our politicians demonizing specific groups. The example that comes to mind is the branding of returning Iraqi veterans as terrorists. Other targeted groups include supporters of Ron Paul, the Second Amendment, the pro-life movement and critics of the Federal Reserve. I fall into all of these groups.

For this reason, it is important to maintain friendly relations with law enforcement and the military. At the same time, point out the fact that any attempt to impose "emergency powers" is really an attempt to overthrow Constitutional government.

It is necessary that we stand by our Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The real terrorists are those who are don't like our form of government.

It's obvious you haven't read the Constitution. A peaceful assembly would not be reason for the military to fire on citizens. Also, our military swore to protect the Constitution from enemies foreign and domestic. Ever heard of Oath Keepers?

God Bless America and Her People!

God Bless Our Brave Troops & Their Families!

United We Stand,

Divided We Fall.

No for 2 reasons. NO one with common sense in the military would betray fellow Americans from executive order at the WHITE HOUSE. Besides for #2 the people would shoot back. The Constitution and amendments hold strong. Have a nice Day.

Iraqisax hit it on the nose. Most troops would not fire on U.S. citizens, unless they were tricked into believing that particular groups were a "threat".

Thats why the globalist controlled media has been pumping out story after story about "right wing extremists" at the Tea Parties. And the DHS has released several reports including the MIAC report, which paints all people in the Liberty Movement as "terrorists".

I'm a registered Democrat for god sakes! I know plenty of people who are not "Right Wing" that support the Liberty Movement, and I have not met a single "White Supremacist" that the media seems to think are everywhere at the Tea Parties, LOL!

If the Government is successful in portraying us as dangerous extremists, then U.S. Soldiers may indeed fire on us. How ironic it is to be labeled a terrorist by the biggest corporate criminals in world history.

"The powers of financial capitalism had (a) far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent meetings and conferences. The apex of the systems was to be the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, a private bank owned and controlled by the world's central banks which were themselves private corporations. Each central bank...sought to dominate its government by its ability to control Treasury loans, to manipulate foreign exchanges, to influence the level of economic activity in the country, and to influence cooperative politicians by subsequent economic rewards in the business world."

- Carroll Quigley, member of Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), mentor to Bill Clinton, quote from “Tragedy and Hope”, 1966

////Liberal Asskicker

Albert Pike, a Freemason, was the founder of the KKK.

Honestly? The innocence still present in the minds of most 18 yr-olds is both the destroyer and the destroyed when entrusted with a lightweight, human-killing machine like a military service-rifle.

I say that as an ex-Marine who, at 18, held one of those unfathomably destructive things... while sleep-deprived... in each of the positions taught me.

Our hope, given the secrecy of government in D.C. under both parties, lies with the State Sovereignty movement, Thirty-thousand.org, Campaign for Liberty and - the most elusive - a Citizenry willing to cool down and see that our enemy isn't lib's or con's but, as Jefferson warned us, with government.

Government, using security and fear as bait, coaxes Liberties from us, bit by bit. And with each erasure of Liberty, they gain power.

We're still a beacon to the world. But the light they see now traveled far from our current, devolved nadir. Light-years.

If we wish to live as leaders - providing vision to an ever-changing village of nations - we've no choice but this: restore Constitutional restraints on government.

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I'm certain some would, and others wouldn't.

My question is, if they are peaceably assembled, for what purpose does one open fire?

He won't use the military, he will use his so called truth squads to do it.Funny how someone answers this question talking about Bush silencing critics. It appears that Obama and is followers are doing the same thing. They are using the race card to silence individuals. I guess change wasn't on the agenda.