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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (3919)	4/15/1999 7:16:00 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

Assuming you could resign of course. JLA

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (3919)	4/15/1999 7:29:00 PM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

<<It depends on the order. Remember Nuremburg? I am speaking strictly for myself, and I am saying if I were a military leader and knew that my commander in chief was ordering me to order my soldiers into a battle of dubious merit and little chance of winning, and that commander in chief ignored the counsel of his advisors, I would resign before I would have innocent blood on my hands>> There's no comparison between the Nuremberg trials and the actions in question during those proceedings and NATO operations in the Balkans. What was on trial at Nuremburg was the responsibility of SS units for genocidal actions in the field and in concentration camps. What has been concluded since, and I believe embodied in the Geneva convention or other agreements, if someone else knows more please feel free to expand on this, is that a soldier has a right to refuse orders if those orders contramand reasonable expectations of conscience. Comparing NATO actions to those tried at Nuremburg is like comparing Himmlers actions to MacArthur's disobedience of Truman during the Korea War. They are apples and oranges. Those readers who have served in the military can furthur expand on the rights to disobey Presidential orders where that disobedience is purely political in nature.