He quietly urged other military personnel to reflect on their own positions. “They should be confident in questioning possibly immoral or illegal orders,” he said, “remembering they are responsible for their own actions, and knowing others are asking the same questions.”

“If they have doubts about their orders, they are not alone,”

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[–] 15 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Given that this is the only way military members can legally protest I am glad to see this sort of action.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    So that a fascist can take his place? Weird way to protest.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    They can either resign publicly or be confined privately. This way we know about it, we see members of leadership taking a stand. And for each one that resigns I'm confident there are others who rebel secretly in whatever ways they can. We saw the commanding general of ORNG give his press conference about protecting the protestors. It's a fine line they walk, and in this day and age, with the required credentialing for news agencies at the Pentagon, you might just not hear about Colonel So-and-so who defied an order.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Oh, of course, with my US citizenship that I have lying around here somewhere, and my decades of experience in the US military. Will do.

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