Bill Maher Blasts ‘American Sniper,’ Calls Chris Kyle A ‘Psychopath Patriot’

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41. It appears he was given plenty of unlawful orders and likely did a lot of the killing for sport

which violated their own RoE. I was in the military myself and from basic training on... disobeying a lawful order was against the rules but made a very clear distinction. Disobeying an unlawful order was made very clear A-OK. I've seen First Sergeants and Battalion Command Sergeant Majors punish supervisors for punishment overkill or anything outside the official books or regulations such as too many jumping jacks(calisthenic exercises have a very clear # for reps).

Disobeying orders is easier said than done but I could not see myself mindless blowing away civilians, I wouldn't even choose a combat MOS but that brings up those who were fooled into going into the military, well Chris Kyle re-enlisted and would have if his marriage wasn't on the rocks (based on his claims). I think it is fair to complain and I hold him & others in his chain of command responsible. I like the Generation Kill series where the Battalion Commander is constantly changing RoE on the fly, I can't speak for the Marines but while it is 100% likely someone who will do their own thing, those constant changes aren't coming from up-top, at-least officially. However, the military itself often punishes lower enlisted for war crimes and obtained murder convictions of soldiers killing Iraqis. This is why disobeying unlawful orders was taught as OK to us and you may be held responsible for those actions.