• jownz@lemmy.world
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    6 months 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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      6 months 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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      6 months 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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        Or just start throwing crayons at the Marines, I’ll bet the dress blues in my closet they’ll laugh at that.