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Old 7th Jun 2006, 18:54
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If he believes that it is an "illegal and immoral war", then any order requiring him to fight in it would surely be an illegal order, and he'd be morally and legally obliged not to obey it.[/B]
Merely thinking an order is illegal and the war immoral by the individual does not in any way make the order illegal or the war immoral. He is only obliged to refuse or challenge "illegal" orders and upon review by higher authority carry out said order if it is found to be legal.

In this case.....he can bet his breeches on that happening if he in fact refuses the order to Iraq. He signed a contract when he entered the Army and that contract binds him for a period of service wherever the Army wishes him to serve....for as long as the Army wishes him to serve there within the period of that contract.

I don't know if he is a "Chicken****" but he for sure is a Dumbass.
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