Yes ratbastid, when you join the military you VOLUNTARILY forfeit many of the rights that you then fight to preserve for others. You do NOT get to make a moral call on orders. Doing so can, has, and SHOULD result in criminal charges being made.
If the order given is UNLAWFUL, then you can refuse to follow it. However unless you can later prove that the order was unlawful you may still be charged with insubordination which is a CRIME according to the UCMJ.
Militaries only work when all people are working as a single unit. Having orders run through EVERY moral compass that EVERY soldier has before being followed would destroy that cohesiveness. It's like any other organization, in order to function there can only be ONE leader, with several followers.
I support our troops by sending out care packages, and writing to my Representative regularly asking him to support resolutions to shorten the amount of time soldiers are spending overseas, bringing every soldier home sooner. I had not thought to request more funding for the VA hospitals. I would love to support the idea of bringing them all home now and ending this farce, but we’re in to deep now to just stop. Though we do need to set up a timeline for getting out and getting home.
I find it interesting that our government justified this war in Iraq by claiming the existence of WMD. North Korea has begun
target practice with their WMD and I have yet to hear the call for arms issued by our president over this.
If it looks like hypocrisy, it smells like hypocrisy, and it sounds like hypocrisy- what else can it be?
Yes ratbastid, when you join the military you VOLUNTARILY forfeit many of the rights that you then fight to preserve for others. You do NOT get to make a moral call on orders. Doing so can, has, and SHOULD result in criminal charges being made.
If the order given is UNLAWFUL, then you can refuse to follow it. However unless you can later prove that the order was unlawful you may still be charged with insubordination which is a CRIME according to the UCMJ.
Militaries only work when all people are working as a single unit. Having orders run through EVERY moral compass that EVERY soldier has before being followed would destroy that cohesiveness. It's like any other organization, in order to function there can only be ONE leader, with several followers.
I support our troops by sending out care packages, and writing to my Representative regularly asking him to support resolutions to shorten the amount of time soldiers are spending overseas, bringing every soldier home sooner. I had not thought to request more funding for the VA hospitals. I would love to support the idea of bringing them all home now and ending this farce, but we’re in to deep now to just stop. Though we do need to set up a timeline for getting out and getting home.
I find it interesting that our government justified this war in Iraq by claiming the existence of WMD. North Korea has begun
target practice with their WMD and I have yet to hear the call for arms issued by our president over this.
If it looks like hypocrisy, it smells like hypocrisy, and it sounds like hypocrisy- what else can it be?