Do whatever I say and I’ll protect you from accountability. Fascism in a nutshell.
What he means is that when the chain of command orders it, it’s lawful. He’s wrong, but that is what he means.
Well… Yeah. That’s the whole “might makes right” philosophy. It’s the entire backbone of this entire administration’s code of conduct, adding “wealth makes might.”
Every single one of them should be charged with war crimes. All of them. “Just following orders” does not get you out of this.
It’s even worse than you think, if you do the deep dive: https://www.justsecurity.org/125948/illegal-orders-shipwrecked-boat-strike-survivors/
To be fair this has always been american policy look at basic history he is just not supposed to say the quiet part out loud.
Well how’d they say it? Punish him to death, lol fuck you pete
