Re:The ties between Silicon Valley and the military run deep
by ianleeclark on Saturday June 09, 2018 @12:19PM
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The military is the enforcement of the leadership, so it's valid to criticize them. Just taking orders wasn't an excuse at nuremberg and it shouldn't be today, either.
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Re:The ties between Silicon Valley and the military run deep
by albntomat0 on Saturday June 09, 2018 @12:55PM
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At what point should the military refuse the orders of civilian leadership? A tactical level order to shoot civilians (or similar, non-cliche situation) should be disobeyed.
However, is it the military's responsible to disobey the decisions of a duly elected civilian government, such as the Iraq War resolution[0]? Civilian control of the military exists for a reason, and allowing/requiring the military to go against it would have wide ranging consequences. There are definitely unique cases to be explored, but credit/blame need to be assigned to the party responsible for the decision.