Who Is This Marshall Dude
You know it’s close to Merkin presidential selection time when folks start talking about “martial law”. We need to pay close attention to it, because Merkins created martial law. And no, I’m not kidding.
The Great Dictator Abraham Lincoln, who slaughtered 600,000 humans, destroyed an entire society along with its economy, and initiated one of the darkest periods in Merkin history, know as Reconstruction, is the same fellow who gave the world Martial Law, also known as a military junta.
Oh, I know some folks split hairs on martial law and military junta, but when you’re in the middle of it, there’s not a jot nor tittle’s worth of difference.
Lincoln’s destruction of the Confederacy was so utterly complete that there was no functioning social order. Everything down to the town council and registrar was destroyed. Basic needs like food and water had vanished. The entire economy was in shambles. And folks wonder why John Wilkes Booth took revenge.
Anyway, Lincoln waved his dictatorial wand and put his lackey Francis Lieber, a pro-slavery skunk who endorsed “scortched earth” tactics and summary executions, to work making some rules on how to treat the scum that dared to extract themselves from the federal overlords. The result was General Order No. 100.
General Order No. 100, also known as the Lieber Code, was issued on 24 April 1863, during the American Civil War. Drafted by Lieber and signed by Lincoln, it provided a comprehensive set of rules for federal forces regarding the conduct of war and occupation, especially toward prisoners, civilian
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