Quote Originally Posted by Vesh
Quote Originally Posted by Dogboy182
He probly hasnt but theres also some thing i forget in the military what its called, and you dont have to obey orders if it 1) Puts your life directly in danger. (Put this gun in your mouth and pull the trigger, thats an order! For example...)

2) at least in the american military, im pretty sure u cant order people to rape other people...
If you disobey an order, however unlawful this order is, especially during a war, in American army you get court-marshaled, in Russian army you simply get shot.
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??"

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.