Discussion on American Exceptionalism and Military Loyalty

Taking orders, in effect, which was after all the whole point at

Nuremberg.

Uh, that, that's-

Well, that, that's exactly right.

You know, this idea of taking orders, but also too,

living the narrative, living the lie, this belief that, uh, of

American exceptionalism, this belief that what Americans are doing

overseas is righteous, that we have white hats on, that

regardless of the outcomes in, say, Iraq or Afghanistan, we meant

well, right? That is the type of character, that is the

type of belief, that is the type of narrative to

which you have to

embrace if you want to rise through the military, if you wanna

rise through the State Department, you wanna rise through the CIA.

And then, you know, of course, the loyalty that comes with that, uh,

you see, you

know what I mean? So I, I, I think this idea, this expectation

that there will be

those who resist, it's just not gonna be answered.

It's not gonna be met, and you're gonna see them come in ones

or twos, and we

should celebrate them and protect them and support them as much as we can,

but this

idea o- of that there will be some resistance from

within the US

government, whether it be civilian or military, uh, it just,

it's just not there