I disagree with the U.S. Military............?

Question

People keep saying "They are just following there orders"


I think All Military/Army People in the U.S. Should question every order they are given and refuse to obey if they disagree.

What do you think?

Answer 1

Disagree is a stupid expression in this.As stated in previous answers it's all about law.If a soldier is ordered to do something against the laws of war it's a crime not to refuse.
In any other case any soldier in any country has to follow orders given to him even if he disagrees.War is something terrible and being a soldier isn't easy and I for one can even understand that in a real war the rules can be hard to follow.
I'm a strong believer in International law and at the trials of Neurenberg where mostly American judges precided it was clearly agreed that just following orders is no excuse to commit war crimes.It also goes against the own US military code but refusing to obey an order simply because you don't agree is not an option.

Answer 2

Can you imagine the chaos that would cause? Have you ever been in charge of anything? Or any group? You need order you need compliance and you need loyalty and discipline. Without these no business could become successful. The next time you are in charge of a class of 40 - 10 yr olds who need to learn lines for a play or how to exit a building in case of fire properly or 25 employees whom you need a certain task done on a certain date in order to have the company make enough money to keep going tell me how you would get this done if they all decide they are not going to follow these orders because they don't agree with them and just do their own thing. In the military the one thing they teach is no matter what you must follow orders because if you don't someone could get killed because you did not do what you were told to do. If you are given the order to cover the left flank and you don't feel like doing that so you go another way. Leaving the whole platoon wide open to be ambushed and destroyed. You CO has no time to get into a debate on the reasoning behind his orders. You need to have the trust that he is doing what is best for the good of the outfit and war effort. So what do you think? Do you want a group of 10 yr olds to stand and laugh and fool around when the building is on fire because they don't agree with what you are telling them to do?

Answer 3

I think that's a quick way to end your career with the military and spend time in the stockade.
This is a voluntary military force we are talking about.
These people wanted to be there.
Questioning orders is good and actually desired.
The Army specifically wants you to ask questions.
They don't want a situation occurring, that shouldn't.
They don't want soldiers doing things, just because someone said they should.
If you don't understand what an order entails or the consequences of an order, it is every soldiers right and responsibility to ask and question until you understand.
If you refuse to obey a direct order, you had better be unequivocally in the right and you better not do it while under fire in combat.
You can still be shot for not obeying a direct order while under fire.
You aren't likely to be shot, the individual in charge still has his/her career to think about, as well, but it still isn't a good idea.
Your inaction may lead to injury or death of soldiers around you, in which case you will be held fully responsible for your actions.

Answer 4

You sure don't know very much about anything. If you could think at all you would know that what you said is totally out of the question.

Yes questions need to be asked but it would be total chaos if the individual military member was to decide for himself what to do or not to do.

If you possibly are able to think enough to have a job then you feel you can go to work when you want and leave when you want and if there is something you really don't want to do then just don't do it. The boss is supposed to like this and give you a big raise for your stupidity.

What happened to thinking before saying.

Answer 5

No offense sir, but you are completely unfamiliar with how the military works. Suppose that you were the commander of a unit of the military defending against an attack on the US by a foreign threat. You order your men to attack but there is silence and a few people raise their hands. You ask them what they want, and they say they are not sure fighting is the right thing to do, they want to go home, they have an appointment, ect.

Under this scenario, could any military win?
Of course not.
You should thank your lucky stars every day that the military defends your right to ask silly questions without really thinking about them...

Answer 6

A US soldier is not protected by the Constitution. They are subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice instead. If a soldier disagreed with every order they recieve there would not be a military. 75% of the military votes republican. How safe would you feel if they just decided they would not follow a democrat president? They do it because they have integrity.

Answer 7

Hard to say, are they told to go over and shoot a child, then yes it would be difficult to do with out an explanation, but in 99% of cases, the foot soldier does not know the bigger picture and needs to just follow orders for a military force to work, BUT that's all assuming that we are at war for just causes. What I do think is that we should be able to question our government for going to War.

If you think about it, one of the reasons they now give us why we are at war, is that Saddan gassed the Kurds (FACT: we sold him the Chemical Weapons) are the soldiers who actually gassed the kurds guilty? or did they just follow orders and should be left free? There is no easy answer when you look at both sides.

Answer 8

You give up that right when you join. the oath specifically states that you will obey all LAWFUL orders given to you by those above you. If I told you to shoot a unarmed civilian you could refuse because that is NOT a lawful order. If I told you to attack a armed band in a war zone you could not refuse because that is a lawful order.

Answer 9

no longer in the interest of the militia ? Who gets to assert what's or isn't in the interest of the militia ? and additionally you're proper , superb brass could refuse to obey orders, yet under the Uniform Code of militia Justice they might demoted , compelled to renounce , or maybe spend time in the stockade at ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. Retirement advantages might additionally be misplaced. the place did you get the term " Senate rules " because of the fact there is no such factor . yet to respond to your important question , no , the militia can no longer break free the government no longer greater advantageous than the dep.. of Agriculture can. without being impolite, perhaps you're able to re-evaluate your theory.

Answer 10

Can't do that. You follow orders, just don't know it. How many times do you pay taxes when you buy something. Not the exact same thing, but in the same lines

They do have the right to refuse an order if they deem it unlawful, such as firing on children.