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Officer refuses to go to Iraq

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jar
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06-24-2006 8:07 PM 		Reply to: Message 14 by Tal
06-24-2006 8:04 PM

Re: Black Gold
Nobody argues about weapons of Mass Hysteria. It's true that this Administration not only has found and explioted them, they are one.
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06-30-2006 9:20 AM 		Reply to: Message 26 by TheNewGuy03
06-30-2006 2:23 AM

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If I was that 1LT, I'd just go and get it done. But, being a nice guy, I'd just deploy him to Afghanistan or something, instead of just sending him to jail.
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Do you guys still get training that includes the concept that you are not to obey an unlawful order?
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And just for information sake, do they tell you folk about Chief Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson?
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Edited by Adminnemooseus, : Added link to relevant topic.
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06-30-2006 2:33 PM 		Reply to: Message 28 by TheNewGuy03
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If you believe an order is illegal, what is your duty?
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I don't think he ever expected to "get away with it" and I imagine he was very aware of what this would mean as far as his military career was concerned.
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