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Trump threats cause dilemma for US officers: disobey orders or commit war crimes
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 07 Apr 2026
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"Truth, honour and the American way!" means that soldiers should disobey trump's orders and stand up for their country.
Nah because the big heroic military who “would die for Americans freedom” is too afraid to… go to jail. Obviously a fate worse than dooming you entire country to fascism.
Lol die for our freedoms lol lying craven sacks of shit…if they don’t do what’s right anyways.
If they did so, there would be court-martialed, perhaps called out personally by the president and made into a hated figure amongst the 15% of the population that are Mega diehards, and of course the rest of the population that goes along to get along, which includes cops and prosecutors. But it is beside the point really, they knew what they were signing up for or should have, if they didn't know then they are too stupid to be relied upon anyway or more charitably I could say to misguided. But between you and me stupid.
The issue is these craven losers of the country constantly demand 15% off at McDonald’s for “risking life to die for our freedoms” who are now afraid of a court martial. See those two things don’t add the fuck up because dying is worse. So, they lying or they Nazis if they don’t do what’s right. A pussy who is too afraid to do the right thing has no business in the military and a Nazi is a Nazi. Don’t let them weasel out of this shit.