[QUOTE][You are within your rights to disobey an illegal order, /QUOTE]
C.P. Valid point, but how many "cannon-fodder" are fully qualified lawyers, and who's going to argue with an officer's gun pointed to your head?...or your family's?.....If you aren't IN the Military , then you're not putting yourself/family in the way of sanctions for not obeying orders(illegal or otherwise)
My biggest objection to Military service, is the thought of having to obey the orders of incompetent or immoral a-holes. When they all lead fronm the front, I may think differently.....but read about "D" -Day and how a diversionary force were sent to certain death.....sure, justify it as "for the greater good".....but had the knobbers who sanctioned that particular "jolly", had to lead it, they may have come up with a different strategy!..... so, yes, V.R. I probably would have been a Concientious Objector.