“When told that uniformed personnel would disobey his unlawful order as president to torture prisoners and kill civilians, “
A steaming pantload. If it is in the US Army approved manual, it is legal to do. Add waterboard by order and its instantly legal.
And killing civilians is illegal? The B-24 crews and B-29 crews and Patton’s Army would be very surprised to know this. The B-52s who carpet bombed Hanoi on Christmas would be shocked.
Idiot.
“Legal” and “morally acceptable” are not the same thing.