Remember that the authoritarian personality is powerfully drawn to a military vocation. And Altemeyer's work shows clearly that their obedience-even dedication- to the maximum leader is independent of fact.
As well, a lot of these guys just like it. My (not so)ex-navy seal neighbor in Florida would have done the false-flag job,--just because that's what he did.
Still, I think that the risk of refusal may well have been one of the major things that has kept the lid on so far. Capitalism searches out the darkest corners of human potential, and mainlines them.
William J. Fallon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On March 11, 2008, he announced his resignation from CENTCOM and retirement from active duty, citing administrative complications caused in part by an article in Esquire Magazine, which described him as the only thing standing between the Bush Administration and war with Iran.
