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While Trump may believe it’s ‘seditious’ for members of Congress to remind the US military that some orders might be illegal and shouldn’t be followed blindly, a survey of troops earlier this year found that most understand what the law requires theconversation.com/just-follo…

Just follow orders or obey the law? What US troops told us about refusing illegal commands

A majority of service members understand the distinction between legal and illegal orders.
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if they know the difference as humans, why we still have wars?

oh boy, what is that all for...

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Saw a video some time ago and the gist I got from it was that US troops are screwed. The examples are almost always obvious (genocide, shooting civilians), but what about being sent to normal cities. These orders are clearly illegal, but the current SCOTUS is horny for a king that's above the law, so it will be declared legal, unless the majority of judges change before the get the case.
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