Thread: Should soldiers be able to opt out of wars?
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Old 02-05-2007, 01:34 AM  
Agent White
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Ask someone in the military.
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Originally Posted by fuzzylogic View Post
In the free world, the best armies are volunteer professional organisations. Currently, you join as a free person but submit to military law. By submitting to military law, you surrender your citizen rights for the order and discipline of the military.

Should you be able to refuse deployment on the grounds that the war is illegal and immoral?

Should you be able to? Yes.

Can you? Yes.

It is a punishable crime in the US Military for a soldier knowingly follow an illegal order.
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