People often talk about the military refusing to fight in an illegal

Old Troop

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Tue Jun-08-10 08:36 PM
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People often talk about the military refusing to fight in an illegal

war. Is the flip side of that coin the military deciding to fight a war that the country doesn't want?

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Ozymanithrax

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Tue Jun-08-10 08:40 PM
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1. The military can not start a war. That power lies in the hands of the congress...

though the War Powers Act gives the President a lot of say on the manner.

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htuttle

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Tue Jun-08-10 09:18 PM
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2. That's not a valid comparison

One involves killing a lot of people and blowing a lot of stuff up, and the other involves NOT killing a lot of people and NOT blowing a lot of stuff up.

I don't see how those two things can be considered 'the same'. I mean, people can always be killed and stuff blown up later, any time at all. Once it's done, however, it's done. The people are dead and the stuff destroyed.

:shrug:

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