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Old May 20th, 2008
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Default Re: US troops asked if they would shoot US citizens

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Originally Posted by J8300 View Post
I disagree. I was in the USMC and most of them are sheep who just do what theyre told by those over them. Just like 90% of the world population.
That's why it would depend to a large extent on the disposition of the Commissioned Officers of our Armed Forces.

In Europe in WW2, allot of Wermarcht infantry grunts refused to participate in atrocities and were never brought up on insubordination charges because there would have been records in the German counterpart of our UMCJ which would have left a paper trail directly back to the Officer issuing such an order.
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