Reply #5: I always appreciate military people who can think otherwise. [View All]

[uppityperson]

I undestand the reasoning behind obeying orders, that no individual might understand everything that is happening and each is only a cog in the mechanism, but I strongly respect and appreciate the troops who can say no to a madman. I do not agree with those who say that "I was just following orders" is adequate excuse for war crimes, even if the current USA administration has chosen to not sign the war crimes treaty.

This is my favorite line in the article:
"Mr. Bush also pointed out that in order to pay homage to the seventeen hundred men and women of the American Military that have already lost their lives and the thousands of maimed and wounded soldiers whose lives have been irreparably torn apart is to continue to put even more troops in harms way, whether or not there's any point to it. After all, admitting that those deaths and mutilations were caused in the pursuit of a mistake would be counter-productive for Conservative Empire Builders in general and President Bush in particular"

Support the troops, bring them home.