From:	"Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject:	Re: American culture?
Date:	Fri, 11 Nov 1994 15:58:04 -0600

On Fri, 11 Nov 1994, Jason Ustica wrote:

> One final thing to say on this subject. If it ever comes down to the
> point where the American people are forced to take arms against our
> government, don't forget where the firepower lays. The military. Who is
> the militray made up by? People just like you and I. I doubt highly that
> the military would ever take arms against the American populace. Would
> you blindly kill American civilians because a order came from your
> superiors? Not me. I would say (this is a VERY rough guesstimate) that
> 1/3 to 1/2 the military would bail and join the armed civilians.
> Hopefully it will never come to this. Anyway just my $0.02.

There was a report about a year or so back that one of the questions on
the U.S. Navy Seals entrance exam was:
"Would you fire on and kill American civilians?"

Following the leak, the question was removed.

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