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Former President Trump’s legal team suggested Tuesday that even a president directing SEAL Team Six to kill a political opponent would be an action barred from prosecution given a former executive’s broad immunity to criminal prosecution.
The hypothetical was presented to Trump attorney John Sauer who answered with a “qualified yes” that a former president would be immune from prosecution on that matter or even on selling pardons.
The SEALs won’t put up with that shit. They have the same ability to tell their CO, “nope, that’s an unlawful order,” that the Nukes do. Difference is that the CO isn’t gonna try to force the SEAL to do shit.
Unless im mistaken every US soldier not only has the ability but the duty to refuse unlawful orders. ‘Just following orders’ is not acceptable in reducing any amount of personal fault iirc.
You’re correct, but Nukes get reminded about it constantly during training, cause of the reactor that we were expected to know everything about, and the officers don’t.
We got lots of Law of War stuff in the infantry as well. People that don’t know any better sometimes assume that the military is just a bunch of cops.
Makes sense, highly specialized skills and labor like that typically sometimes get lost on those who are fit to just manage them and not do it themselves.
You only need a small fraction to agree.
There is a reason why the GOP has obstructed the top generals from nominations.
They need only one on the top. Anymore is a bonus.
The SEALs will line up single file while backslapping and ho-raying, then get into the helicopter that crashes six miles outside of the drop zone. They’re a bunch of juiced up twenty-year-olds with silver stars in their eyes. They’ll fall over themselves for the opportunity to do something recklessly stupid.
How many Michael Flynns do you think are bouncing around the US military? More than enough to find someone willing to bite.