Quote from tomdavis:
I have a cousin and a nephew in the military, both of whom told me the same thing: They would never participate in any military action against US citizens under any conditions. That's not the job of the military. That's the job of civilian law enforcement (of whom there are over 800,000 in the US). They say that most military personnel feel the same way. They're not going to be put in a position of possibly shooting at friends, family and fellow Americans. That's not what they signed up for.