Originally Posted by Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!
what if...something like you were Russian, but living in Germany in 1940 ish and you jioined the German army, but then later they invaded Russia. Would that make a difference?
or to make it even cloudier, suppose you were a German and you thought you were part of a master race so you fought for them, but then after a while the scales fell from your eyes as you began to see what was really going on. Would some sort of re-alignment of your priorities be equally odius?
First example: Did the Russian voluntarily join the German Army? In 1940, if so, then yes, he's a big boy, made a decision and enlisted in the German Army.
Second example: Assuming being a line Army, Air Force or Naval member, then yes, you have a duty which most of them performed. Doesn't make them evil or wrong, they were trying to perform their duty. Fortunately, they lost. Please don't throw in the SS/Gestapo and whomever else was in the mass-murder business to my point because then one enters into the "illegal order" game and the Hamster Wheel starts spinning!