2026-03-05 18:15 UTC
@huntingdon @AlisonCreekside
What if the Commander refused to break the law? Fired? Worse? What position is this regime putting our military in?
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@Fishercat@kolektiva.social 2026-03-05 19:38
@ytscorp @huntingdon @AlisonCreekside IANAL. Military penalties are harsh. Deliberately disobeying a *lawful* order in wartime potentially carries the death penalty. Even though it's not a lawful order, I'd be shocked if a skipper caught deliberately disobeying an order now wasn't arrested and tried for treason. Doesn't make it right. And it's not like they didn't sign on to put their lives at risk. But the personal cost of doing the right thing is fucking huge. And you don't get to command positions without having drunk the Kool-Aid, or pretending so skillfully, that you might as well have.