Let's get it clear on Iraq
by
Horus
05/16/2008, 10:55 AM #
The war itself is illegal, since it's a war of aggression launched against a state which in no way threatened or had attacked the United States of America. The invasion and occupation were based on false claims that Saddam Hussein's government had WMD, and that he was a threat to his neighbors and the U.S., both patently false. And the war and occupation were NOT sanctioned by the U.N., they were entirely unilateral...and like all aggression (including Saddam's own attack on Iran and occupation of Kuwait), patently illegal, a violation of international law and behavior.
So, ANY order requiring American servicemen to invade, attack, or occupy Iraq was therefore an illegal order, a violation of international law as well. Therefore, according to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, no American soldier should be required to obey such orders or serve in Iraq. Indeed, he would have a duty NOT to obey such orders.
I salute any soldier who choooses not to obey orders to deploy to Iraq....they clearly not only put country and morality ahead of criminal orders, but put their own Military Code ahead of such orders. As they are required to do.
Easy solution, of course, would simply be to END the war and prosecute those who began it, starting with Bush and Cheney. As a patriotic American, I look forward to that day..
