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SCantiGOP

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4. But, military officers and regular troops

Reply to in2herbs (Original post)

Sun Dec 2, 2018, 09:56 PM

Dec 2018

have a legal responsibility under US and international law to not obey an “illegal order.”
That is a very precarious decision for any military person since failure to follow an order that might later be determined to be legal can have severe consequences.

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Commander in Chief question [View all] in2herbs Dec 2018 OP

No. Impeachment and removal by Congress MineralMan Dec 2018 #1

CoC's job is to put troops in harms way underpants Dec 2018 #2

That's really what the 25th amendment was put in place for... PoliticAverse Dec 2018 #3

But, military officers and regular troops SCantiGOP Dec 2018 #4

You mean a coup? Polybius Dec 2018 #5