Only if I wanted to be court martialled.
2007-02-15 07:17:07
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answered by Anonymous
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"Are you in the Army? Are you in ANY of the armed forces?
No? Then it's clear that you have NO idea what you're talking about. If you did, you'd know that members of the Armed Forces do NOT have the right to refuse orders to fight."
Wrong, idiot.
Anybody has the right to refuse to fight or carry out an order on the basis of conscience. Somebody also said it's not a soldiers job to question what is right and wrong. When you are an infantry soldier you have to judge what is right and wrong very quickly. sometimes you make the wrong choice just like every other human being. There are plenty of people on here who have never been to war getting upset because they hear what they don't want to hear.
I was an infantry soldier.
I was in active service.
I have worked in intelligence.
I would not fight in Iraq now but I would if the situation had been the same as in 1990.
I would happily go to prison for refusing to fight.
Yes you can pick and choose. In the Nazi war trials it was established under international law that the arguement that one was only obeying orders didn't justify ones actions.
Not the same thing? Yes it is, exactly the same thing. In the case of Iraq we invaded a country which posed no direct threat - THERE WAS NOT A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER.
I also appreciate that Saddam Hussein should have been dealt with in 1991 and I said so then. However he was a democratically elected leader. So how can you attack a nation which poses no direct threat, on the basis of doctored intelligence reports corrupted to imply false guilt, with no UN support, when that nations leader was democratically elected, only to allow chaos and murder to overwhelm that country?....and we attack them in the name of freedom and democracy while attempting to impose our will upon them.
You choose what you do on a day to day basis regardless of what job you do. If you're in service that still stays the same. You have the right to bear arms and the right to not bear arms.
Yes I would fight in Afghanistan as they pose a direct aggressive threat to both the US and the UK through their involvement with Al Qaeda and especially through the heroin trade. Most of that could be dealt with by air strikes and intelligence. it should be noted that for the first time I have been unable to give thumbs down to 2 pro government Answers and that's very suspicious.
2007-02-15 13:41:39
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answered by Anonymous
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Well if I was in the Army then yes, you have no choice on that really. That's what people join the army to do is go to war to protect their country, no matter what. Its a harsh world out there but I dont believe in the war but think I would do it if I was in the army. The army would frown upon you if you did. Plus the hassle you would get from friends and things like that. Army people stick together and fight together no matter what as that is what they have done training for and joined up for.
I think they are great people trying to protect the country and things like that.
But bring our troops back.
2007-02-15 21:00:53
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answered by Pinkflower 5
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Do you mean if you join the army but didn't believe the reasons that for example where they was sending you was right like fighting in Iraq. If you join the army , you have to go wherever they send you, not matter if you agree that they should be going into that country or not. You can't refuse to fight or go where they are assigning you. You will be at their disposal and you have no say so about where you go, if you refuse to follow their orders, then you will be lock you up and you'll face a military court. If your not in the service at this time, if I was in your shoes I'd find me a job that I could stay or quit. Once you signed those papers and pass the physical you become their property. You go wherever they tell you if it's Iran , you have to go, they own you.
2007-02-15 07:29:38
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answered by Anonymous
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Well, if you were being told to do something illegal, then you wouldn't have to do it anyway. There is no such crime in the army as "failing to obey an UNlawful command."
But if it was just that YOU thought it was wrong and you didn't do it, then that'd be desertion - the worst crime there is, both legally and morally.
Bottom line: the Army can't be made to do something that's clearly wrong (yes I know about Iraq), and therefore never is, so, yes I probably would.
2007-02-17 02:56:25
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answered by Anonymous
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The only order you can refuse without legal consequences is an order that is not lawful. One must way the value and consequences of both choices. If you would rather sit in a brig than support a cause that is contrary to your belief, then sit in the brig. Just don't wine about the results of your choices. American military men and women all volunteer, at least currently. They sign a contract. Breeching that contract has consequences.
Don't want to do what you're told? Don't join the military.
2007-02-15 07:22:48
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answer #6
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answered by Joe Schmoe 2
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Surely not ..sometime we find ourselves living under oppression and we have to fight ..and you dont choose ..it happens that you were born in that place and you have to struggle for the slightest detial in your dailly life so you wouldlive ... you will be fighting every second so you would make it to the end of the day and when you put your head on the pillow "or underneath it so you wont be hearing bombarding " you would say to your self ..tomorrow is another day ..and then it becomes clear you th that you are soldier who is defending his race or his country to stay alive ..but a soldier not in an army ..by living under segregation for 10 years and under occupation for 30 years "
my age" makes me soldier who is defending my daily routine ,,i fought to go to school and work and i risk my life for "maybe" better fuure ..so i am a soldier and i inherited that from my history .. a soldier in a very special way
2007-02-16 06:01:15
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answered by Silent tear 2
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If you are in the Army on Active Service, you do not question the reasons why. You obey orders or face arrest and Court Martial for disobedience on Active Service. The Army will not tolerate anything that is detremental to good order and discipline. It carries a heavy sentence. There is no community service in the Army.
2007-02-15 08:38:01
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answered by Anonymous
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First of all when you enter into the military you take an oath to fight to protect the freedom of the United States of America. In all jobs there are things that we do that we don't always agree with but we do them because it is a part of our job or we find another job. My advice to you is if you don't believe in saving the lives of others you don't belong in the military. I am not saying war is right but it is unpreventable. There will always be wars in the third world countries. If you don't want to fight along side of my son and watch his back while he watches yours the military is not for you
2007-02-15 07:21:10
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answer #9
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answered by Jan 3
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The agreement on oath when you join the military
gives up your rights to free choice and decision
and it is in writing and then double sealed by a verbal oath
All wars foreign and domestic that you are called on to deal with
And, as a matter of fact-- within this agreement you actually lose
a great deal of your Constitutional rights as an American citizen as well !!
So, Yes, if you are in the military---you serve at the pleasure of your commanders--- and it is on THEM as to what they utilize their position and policies for and in what manner they use YOU
The military-- once you are IN is not a democratic institution and it comes down to --- you either do as you are told---or -- you are in serious violation of your legal agreements to serve without question !! And, they can tack your royal rump to the garden gate in so many ways that kangaroo court would look like a meeting of the founding fathers !!!!
2007-02-15 07:28:16
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answered by Anonymous
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Yes without doubt I swore an oath to fight for queen and country and that is what I did, mine was not to reason why a good soldier beleives his countries enemies are his enemies and should be willing to fight otherwise he has just joined to play mr big in the uniform
2007-02-15 07:15:13
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answered by Fred c 2
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