Rule of law is obviously sympathetic to Hamas.

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[–] 353 points 1 year ago (21 children)

*The soldiers accused of carrying out the attack gave a press conference outside the Supreme Court on Sunday, wearing black balaclavas to avoid identification.

The group said they could not receive a fair trial because of the leaked video, and were victims of an unfair “drumhead court-martial”.*

The video of us doing horrendous shit is extremely hurtful to our defense!

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  • [–] 197 points 1 year ago (19 children)

    While I agree they are unlikely to get a fair trial

    1. They don't deserve fairness
    2. If this wasn't leaked, they would go un-judged, which is the opposite end of that sliding scale they are complaining about by being outed as torturers.

    I do wonder how much of it was "following orders" and how much was pure bloodlust. Neither excuses this, but the former would be indicative of bigger evil up the chain of command.

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  • [–] 47 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    Every military ever.

    The concept that a soldier is able to disobey an illegal order is flawed. The first thing that happens to them is being thrown in jail awaiting court martial. It's then on them to prove the order illegal be ause the presumption is that it was legal. It becomes one person against the whole military apparatus.

    The penalty if found guilty of refusing to obey orders? At minimum (in the US) a dishonorable discharge. At most a room on death row.

    I still think soldier should refuse illegal orders, but the system is setup so they don't.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    You should update your minimum. In the US military It’s actually an NJP to start. You can request court martial if desired and it goes from there.
    Dishonorable discharge is very rare and you’re likely to end up with an OTH or BCD if the “infraction” is significant. I’d rather have some jail time than shoot civilians tbh.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    Not even an NJP if you're a Nuke. I've told admirals to their face that I wasn't going to break the book to follow their stupid orders. I realize we are the prima donnas of the military though, and I wasn't just a Nuke.

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    The US has no draft, they choose to join, so they can go fuck themselves.
    Assassins paid with taxpayer money, that's all they are.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Israel does. Compulsory service.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    They're not that dissimilar, both indoctrinate exceptionalism and fascism into their kids from an early age, the difference being that usonians go overseas to liberate other people of their oil, whereas israelis have war zones (they create) geographically close, so a bit of incentive is required for them to join the meat grinder. Not much though.

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  • [–] 137 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Everyone deserves a fair trial. If Israel cannot provide one then perhaps The Hague or Palestine can assist them in getting a fair trial.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    A very reasonable and sensible perspective, but what if that's still not going to be a fair trial either? We all have pretty strong opinions about torture, so I think we may need to go the extra mile in this case. If no unbiased jury can be found anywhere on planet Earth, then we'll have to send them to Mars for a fair trial instead. It doesn't even have to be elaborate, we can use the rules of the good old fashioned "trial by ordeal". If you can survive on Mars, that demonstrates you were innocent all along and you can come right back home. Otherwise this is going to get dragged out for years and years while they dig up even more evidence and who knows what else may get discovered. This is really the best option for everyone. All aboard to Mars.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    This is what happens with Fascist thugs. American citizens in the US are getting shot in the back by ICE and beaten. People are dissappearing or held in detention with no camera footage to leak. Same shit, different continent.

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