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odins folly

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2. I'm sorry, but the last people I would ask if I felt an order was not legal

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Nov 23, 2025, 03:46 PM

17 hrs ago

Would be my commanding officer or a chaplain.

Chances are the suspect illegal order came from the officer and if he or she was passing that along, they are part of the problem.

And the chaplain wouldn’t know fuckall about the order.

In the AF it would have been the Area Defense Council (ADC) that would get my phone call. I’m sure the other services have something similar

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"I was just following orders" is not a legal excuse. [View all] kentuck 17 hrs ago OP

Not only that, they need to start pointing out that being told the order is legal by their superiors RockRaven 17 hrs ago #1

I'm sorry, but the last people I would ask if I felt an order was not legal odins folly 17 hrs ago #2

However, "That is an illegal order and it's my duty to refuse it," viva la 15 hrs ago #3

I think they need something like the Supreme Court for our military. kentuck 12 hrs ago #6

Nuremberg established that Individuals are legally accountable for unlawful acts even if committed under orders LetMyPeopleVote 15 hrs ago #4

And so will the guy that hangs ya! Turbineguy 12 hrs ago #5

Very true. kentuck 12 hrs ago #7