I thought jagusafr said there is a way that people in the military are supposed to be able to report the illegal activities of their superiors. Are you saying that the military doesn’t do anything with those reports?
See, the answers that you folks are giving me make me believe that our military is made up of thugs who can play whatever criminal, political games they want to. It presents a picture where there is NO accountability for the people who have absolute power - which is absolutely a recipe for corruption of the worst kind.
I’ve heard so many good things about the military, and I’ve known so many heroic men and women in the military.
And then I hear the lawyers talking.
If we were going to have real, live, domestic enemies (and not just your run-of-the-mill criminal) - where do you think they would go besides the military, law enforcement, and politics? That’s where the power is. If they want the ability to defeat this nation that is PRECISELY where you’d expect to find them. So why do we have this idea that it could never happen here?
We’ve already seen it happen with Nidal Hasan - and we saw that the military did NOT have the gumption to clean its own ranks of someone who was pretty easy to identify as a “domestic enemy” of the US and our freedoms. Political correctness was a higher priority than defending the US or her Constitution in that case; how many other times - especially when political appointees and military appropriations are involved (like with Murtha and the Haditha Marines) - has political expedience screwed honest men trying to keep their oaths?
I hate to hit on the military. I’m sure their morale is already low since the nation elected a CIC that would piss on them just as easily as look at them, and who would rather tie their hands and send them in against terrorists than allow them to do what they’re trained to do. But when I hear you talking about the way the military “justice” system works it really makes me wonder how we’re any different than Iran.
Sure there is. Service members are obligated to report to appropriate authorities any information that they uncover with respect to illegal activities. For activities involving civilians, that should be reported to civilian authorities - like NCIS, CID etc.