posted on Oct, 20 2004 @ 07:36 PM
Can we please stop the pissing contest?
Military Logic:
you as supposed to be trained and disciplined enough to do what you are told...even Reservists....for the wider good.
you do not throw out the whole mission plan grasping at straws for an out. It might not get you killed, but some one else might.
you do not have to follow an unlawful order (like kill those women or kids there).
it is up to the military or civil legal authority to decide what else is lawful or not at an inquiry.....it is not the right of a soldier or civilian
not subject to all the facts to decide.
in the end, a soldier choses to follow or disobey a given order, but must be held accountable regardless, and step up to the consequences of his.her
actions.......they are only cowards if they fail to do so, what ever their choice has been.
Lets not go searching for more hypotheticals to prove or disprove our beliefs. The argument is becoming circular.
Cheers.