Wow, was I ever s@#$-faced when I wrote my last post, responding to Vinnie. I saw it in the light of a clear-headed hangover and immediately thought, "did I really write that??"Originally Posted by Vesh
Oh well, that'll teach me not to check the forum after a lengthy pub visit... but I'll stand with what I wrote.
Anyway...no, in the U.S. military you cannot be ordered to do something that is clearly immoral (i.e. rape, etc.) and you can refuse.
I guess the question becomes...when is an order "immoral"? When killing is involved, again in the heat of combat, that can be a very tough question to answer. It's not as easy as some people think it is.