Titan6
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DirtPig67
Are you sure you are not going to start a militia when you get out?
No seriously though you seem to be reading my mind. If your major had grown a pair he would have realized that he has a duty to disobey an unlawful order, even when he does so at great personal peril. The subsequent US Supreme Court decisions showed the orders were indeed illegal. But how many leaders are willing to put it on the line when it comes down to it, I think too few.
You will not find many junior soldiers on the ground who have thought much about the constitution or their oath or the constitution (read above posts) that is why it comes down to the leadesrship of officers and senior NCOs to make the call of when the orders from the top are unlawful. If we ever faced a Katrina/911 type situation on a larger scale it wil be interesting to see how far the Federal Government is willing to go.
It is shame you are leaving the military. You seem to have a better grasp on how things should be and have a lot of time invested. It would be nice to know that there are more like minded people around.
Are you sure you are not going to start a militia when you get out?
No seriously though you seem to be reading my mind. If your major had grown a pair he would have realized that he has a duty to disobey an unlawful order, even when he does so at great personal peril. The subsequent US Supreme Court decisions showed the orders were indeed illegal. But how many leaders are willing to put it on the line when it comes down to it, I think too few.
You will not find many junior soldiers on the ground who have thought much about the constitution or their oath or the constitution (read above posts) that is why it comes down to the leadesrship of officers and senior NCOs to make the call of when the orders from the top are unlawful. If we ever faced a Katrina/911 type situation on a larger scale it wil be interesting to see how far the Federal Government is willing to go.
It is shame you are leaving the military. You seem to have a better grasp on how things should be and have a lot of time invested. It would be nice to know that there are more like minded people around.