Now you’re comparing our military to Nazis? Sheesh! This conspiracy nonsense has wiped out any common sense you may have been born with and completely taken over your senses.
Sheesh, Louise. I know life is hard, but wake up and smell the coffee!!
The reasoning is very similar: just following orders.
Soldier A is ordered: Move the prisoners to the shower area.
Soldier B is ordered: Turn on the shower.
Soldier C is ordered: Remove the bodies in the shower and throw them in the pit.
Which of those soldiers has been given an unlawful order? The argument in Lakin’s case is that as long as the overall picture is accomplished through small steps - none of which is, in and of itself, criminal - all a person CAN do is obey orders.
We wonder our whole lives long how those people were able to swallow this. Well, now we have our teachable moment. Those people in GErmany were not monsters. They were honorable people trying to do the right thing. And they thought obeying their orders was the right thing. If they had challenged the lawfulness of the orders - even here in the US right now - they would have been charged with crimes for not doing as they were told.
I apologize for saying I felt like spitting on the US military. I am deeply bothered by what has happened to violate Lakin’s due process and Sixth Amendment rights, and in expressing the depth of my anger I chose words that were offensive. I would never spit on anyone, least of all anyone who has served honorably in the US military.