A Duty to Disobey All Unlawful Orders

Ian Murray seamus2001 at attbi.com
Mon Mar 17 15:24:50 PST 2003


----- Original Message ----- From: "Max B. Sawicky" <sawicky at bellatlantic.net> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 2:55 PM Subject: RE: A Duty to Disobey All Unlawful Orders


> I thot international law consisted of whatever
> the U.S. says it does, at least in matters like
> this.
>
> Couldn't all this legal mumbo-jumbo be misleading
> to soldiers, insofar as it is supposed to be a guide
> to their rights? For all practical purposes they
> have no right to disobey, as far as I can see.
>
> It's impossible for me to imagine the rest of the
> world prosecuting and punishing Americans for crimes
> committed under the aegis of the USG.
>
> mbs

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Militarism and State organized violence are the black hole of legality; mass death is the singularity-the utter negation of civilizing practices.

Ian



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