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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: [QB] Firstly, NO soldier in the US military is going to be ordered- or would be required to follow any orders, according to military code- to fire on demonstrators. I dont know where you get your ideas of the US military, but they [b]arent[/b] killers and [b]dont[/b] serve landowners or businessmen- or even politicians. Cartman wrote: [QUOTE][qb]This is not about how much say Joe Grunt should have in decisions concerning The Big Picture, it's about what he should do when he finds out said Big Picture is in breach of the military code of conduct and what kind of breach would warrant doing it. And while independent thought may be anathema in the service, a soldier who abides by criminal decisions is still just as guilty as the people who make them, so, again, where is the line drawn? [/qb][/QUOTE]No, not really: the military code prohibits killing civillians that pose no direct threat to the safety of the soldiers and- as shown in Iraq- US soldiers have restraint enough to refrain from firing on civillians even when rocks and bottles are being thrown at them. The same cant be said for many other military groups (Israel, anyone?). A soldier is not responsible for the decisions of his country's leaders: he's sworn an oath to serve and defend his country and that's exactly what he's required to do. Look at WWII: soldiers that had nothing to do with the killing of the Jews- Those men that were just serving their country, were not prosecuted after the war ended. Brian Hughley is not refusing to serve because he thinks there's human rights violations being comitted (in fact, there's a huge amount of world scrutiny on our military right now). He's shirking his duty and deserves whatever sentence a military court chooses to impose: he agreed to those terms when he enlisted, and if he didint think things through....tough. He's an adult. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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