ordnance11 Wrote:What's so tricky about only Congress having the power to declare war?robkelk Wrote:Rob, the UCMJ was designed to establish military discipline. Legal orders are to be carried out. Whether it's legal or not is the tricky part. Remember Abu Grhaub? And I am cynical about a Jack Ryan in the Trump administration.Quote:ordnance11 wrote:... I can easily see him starting WWIII for S&G. What you folks seem to forget is that there are no controls against a POTUS deciding on his own to kick off a nuclear exchange. Once he gives the order, the entire command structure has been designed and trained to follow through. Period. ...
Really?
When were 809[890].ART.90 (20), 891.ART.91 (2), 892.ART.92 (1), and 892.ART.92 (2) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice amended to say that?
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012