>>While I agree with your analysis, it does seem to me that a member of the military should have the right to challenge a superior (officer in effect), if something that officer has done makes him ineligible to conduct his duties.
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>In other words, you’re encouraging the troops to debate the lawfulness of each order before they decide to follow it. Surely you know better than that.
Nuremberg already did that.
By noting that "just following orders" is not an excuse.
But at the same time, the idea that soldiers get to debate their orders as a matter of course.... is military suicide.