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Originally posted by randomname
the whole iraq war was unlawful, immoral and criminal. yet thousands went, including people on this forum.
i didn't see to many people refuse to go. and the ones that did refuse, went to canada awol and were threatened with jail.
just the fact you went shows where you moral compass is pointing at.
when real penalties and pressure are applied and at stake that's when i'd like to see who would refuse orders.
edit on 31-12-2011 by randomname because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by vogon42
reply to post by PROT3CTOR
BTW: since you have a military background, I'd be interested in seeing your input on this thread.
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Originally posted by randomname
the whole iraq war was unlawful, immoral and criminal. yet thousands went, including people on this forum.
i didn't see to many people refuse to go. and the ones that did refuse, went to canada awol and were threatened with jail.
just the fact you went shows where you moral compass is pointing at.
when real penalties and pressure are applied and at stake that's when i'd like to see who would refuse orders.
edit on 31-12-2011 by randomname because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by kawika
We would be in unexplored territory.
I think one of the reasons we have had such a tough time of it in recent years is our guys are very hesitant to fire on someone not wearing a uniform or flying the opposing flag.
Our military people are in because they love the country. The people are the country. No way they would do anything like that.
What might happen though is they bring in a "Foreign Legion" type force of people who are in our military, but not natives. It is not required to be a citizen and they might be able to recruit people who would.
Originally posted by gamesmaster63
reply to post by CaptChaos
I get that you don't believe that anyone who chose to serve their country could possibly be honorable, but give it a break. Most of us who have served would never act in such a manner as some of those police officers are acting. In fact, there are quite a few who have stepped up and pointed out to the police just how wrong they are.
Also, if you look at the actual statistics, there aren't as many police who are ex-military as most people seem to believe, but you probably won't believe me on that so you can do a google search just like you told Wrekless, the marine you bad mouthed before you started on me, to do.
boymonkey74, no, I can't give details or I would have in my original post.
Originally posted by 46ACE
It's good the S.o.b is gone. Maybe the Iraqis can recover and rule themselves without Govt. torture cells and b'ath party "snitch" networks watching and reporting on their neighbors for "anti governmental" activities....