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Originally Posted by MrScott
You're a patriotic American.
You enlist because you believe protecting the country should be the duty of every patriotic American.
You're faced with fighting a war you believe is immoral; not necessarily this war but think of one you might object to -- that war.
What is the moral course of action?
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Geeze, I swear we have this discussion every other month around here. Why is this so difficult to comprehend?
U.S. Armed Forces Oath Of Enlistment
I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.
Nowhere in this oath does it provide for doing a "morality check" That, is a task left up to "the President of the United States" and "the officers appointed over me
according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice"
That being said, this doesn't mean that you can "shoot a mother and her child" and say you were "just following orders." Some things are just blatantly immoral and should not be done (or tolerated). Something as gray as your own feelings of the morality of any given war, well, that's another story.
Despite the rantings of a few of the resident lunatics here,
this war is NOT illegal. If it were, GWB would have been impeached long ago, tried in international court, etc, etc, etc...
When you're the Private, or the Corporal in a combat unit and your Captain orders you to "Take that hill!" you take that hill, whether you agree with his "strategy" or not. You don't pause for a debate with the guy, it's a lawful order!
Similarly, when your President orders you to war, (a war he was authorized by Congress to declare), you go to war. The order is a lawful order and must be obeyed. Failure to obey a lawful order should result in strict disciplinary action against the individual.
Randy