A Duty to Disobey All Unlawful Orders

Ian Murray seamus2001 at attbi.com
Mon Mar 17 16:44:38 PST 2003


----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Remick" <carlremick at hotmail.com>


> >they, of course, don't see it that way.
>
> How they perceive their situation is immaterial. This is strictly a
matter
> of logical alternatives. US troops either (a) join in a war that
explicitly
> has not been sanctioned by the UN and thus become war criminals, or (b)
> refuse to follow orders and thus get charged with desertion and treason.
> There is no alternative "c".
>
> Carl
>

===============

c. The USG denies the legitimacy of the UN to define/mediate what will constitute the 'national interest' of the USG. The Gov. goes Anarchist and backs it with all kinds of brinksmanship, iow..................

Ian



More information about the lbo-talk mailing list