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Old 05-30-2006, 06:18 AM   #39
Smokey D
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Originally Posted by coheneran
Because the whole reason people join the army nowadays is to defend their country, and people can see Iraq has nowt to do with defence!
Actually, the reason people sign up is to get paid. And the reason they get paid is for providing a service which co-incidentally happens to involve following orders and occasionally protecting the country. If you disobey orders, you're in breach of contract and when that could result in the deaths of other servicemen and women, it is well within reasonable bounds to consider it a criminal offence. The only time you're absolved of this obligation is when you know that carrying out orders will result in a breach of a treaty to which your nation is party.
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