• chuckleslord@lemmy.world
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      14 days ago

      Refusing orders means being court marshaled, losing your position, and, at best, getting the military to pay you back pay after fighting them for months. You won’t be getting your position or pension back, though.

      At worst, you go to military jail.

      You can probably see why that’s not so much happening.

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        14 days ago

        And that is why they are also the enemy: “I was just carrying out my orders, otherwise I would lose my pension!”, yeah that pathetic excuse has never worked.

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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      13 days ago

      Refusing to be deployed somewhere (a technically legal, though extremely dubious order) is different than refusing to execute civilians (an illegal order, which can and should be refused). You should understand the nuances of the UCMJ before you spout sweeping generalizations like that.