[Vision2020] 126th Engineer Company to Depart On/About September 17th

[Andreas Schou]

Garrett --

Except for a few exceptions -- defined by our Congress as being
permissible -- the military absolutely does have to follow orders.
Obeying the orders of democratic institutions, however misguided,
doesn't lead to tyranny. Disobeying them leads to a military coup --
and can you point to a single example of a military coup leading to a
stable democracy?

-- ACS

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 11:52 PM, Garrett Clevenger
<garrettmc at verizon.net> wrote:
> Andreas writes:
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> "We don't want them deciding that they know better than us whose lives they should be taking."
>
>
> Is this really what she meant?
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> If so, then that's exactly why those of us who aren't obligated to obey orders should be questioning why our troops are being used.
>
> To go down the road that Andreas suggest is to head towards tyranny.
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> If a coup is what it takes to end imperialism, then I guess our founding documents had it right by suggesting that may be necessary from time to time.
>
> It must be the teabagger in me for I resent our tax dollars and our troops being used at the leaders whim, particularly when the circumstance for using those troops is highly questionable.
>
> I've resented the invasion of Iraq from the beginning, so I'll keep on questioning that.
>
> Please excuse my ignorance, but why are our Idaho National Guardspeople being sent to Iraq?  Aren't they supposed to guard Idaho?
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> I respect guardspeople enough to make sure their commitment isn't being abused.
>
> Garrett
>
>
> Apr 27, 2010 10:10:58 PM, ophite at gmail.com wrote:
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>> On the other hand, it seems ignorant to just blindly obey them (and at the same
>>time allow our fellow Idahoans to risk their lives for misguided
>>> policy), so have at it.
>>
>>It's not ignorant. Down that road lies a coup. We entrust our troops
>>with the power to take human lives on our behalf.  We don't want them
>>deciding that they know better than us whose lives they should be
>>taking.
>>
>>-- ACS
>>
>