Texas National Guard headed to Illinois, as Pritzker decries 'authoritarian march'

https://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-national-guard-headed-illinois-gov-pritzker-calls/story?id=126283676

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Archangel1313@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 346d (1 reply)

Wouldn't this constitute "finding soldiers willing to follow illegal orders"?

shalafi@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 346d

In real life, soldiers have zero choice. (I'd recommend the long version if you really want to learn how this works.)

Short version:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iK957YMJhRc

Long version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwPLqGkYnBA

GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 346d

I called this months ago, but I thought it was going to be Indiana, Wisconsin, or Missouri. I'm not happy that I keep being right about my predictions because if I am right about what comes next then a lot of people are going to die. I'm just curious if it will be the feds or a right wing militia thatwill pull me out of my house in the middle of the night. One means being put into a camp the other means I'll (hopefully) be shot in the head there and then.

Triumph@fedia.io · 3 pts · 346d (4 replies)

I'd guess that the "training center in a Chicago suburb" is the 84th Division Mission Training Complex in Arlington Heights.

Weirdfish@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 346d (3 replies)

I thought it was Great Lakes in North Chicago

Triumph@fedia.io · 1 pts · 346d (2 replies)

Great Lakes is a Naval station.

Weirdfish@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 346d (1 reply)

I know, I just had read a week ago that it was going to be their staging area.

Triumph@fedia.io · 2 pts · 346d

I'd heard Pritzker saying the same, yeah, but then this article specified an Army Reserve training facility, so I went with Arlington Heights. There's something down in Darien, too, could be that.