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Originally Posted by Expat Canuck
If I was ordered to do something I felt was morally wrong I would not do it. I signed up with the idea of protecting the weak and innocent not to be a hired gun. If I was ordered to fire on my own people I would not do it either.
I'm not saying these men are right but your line of reason is how the massacre in Tiananmen Square occured.
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"Forward, the Light Brigade!"
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho' the soldier knew
Someone had blunder'd:
Their's not to make reply,
Their's not to reason why,
Their's but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
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That is why the British could colonise half the world, if not more!
It is not for the subordinates in the military to make reply or to reason why.
In case, they feel an order is morally wrong, they have the option to resign, but not disobey!
Good armies and war are won by doing as ordered. If all were to sit on judgement, then nothing would be got done!
The use of military or going to war is the last resort and hence the final instrument of law and order or pursuing one's foreign policy. If the last resort falls to pieces, then it is the end of such a country!!!!
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