[F.J. Mitchell]

You would rather serve under an officer who zombiesquely obeys unlawful orders and passes same order to you to execute. Capt Medina, Lt Calley, etc., learned their lesson the hard way. YOU are personally responsible for any criminal act you commit under such an order and YOU will serve the time.

[Hugin]

You would rather serve under an officer who zombiesquely obeys unlawful orders and passes same order to you to execute. Capt Medina, Lt Calley, etc., learned their lesson the hard way. YOU are personally responsible for any criminal act you commit under such an order and YOU will serve the time.

You are mixing apples and oranges. I don't question a soldier's right to refuse to follow an order to commit an atrocity. In that case the action itself is illegal, regardless of who orders it. That's not at all the same as rufusing to follow an order because you believe the CIC is not legitimate, not because of the nature of the order itself. Presumably he didn't think fighting in Afghanistan was illegal under Bush.

My main point is a soldier shouldn't be put in the position of serving under a commander who says the mission is illegal. That is reason enough for the Army not to send him.