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Source: Donald Trump says he'd force U.S. military to commit war crimes - Washington Times
The US had a Secretary of State that didn't care/lied about the lives in Benghazi and now they have a Republican front-runner who would force the military to do the polar opposite.
For the Trump supporters: Does this not alarm you that he'd be ordering the same type of torture that the Japanese did to American soldiers, and consequentially, were executed for after WWII? Read up on the Tokyo Trials (war crimes).
Mr. Trump has suggested that he’d order the U.S. military to kill families of Muslim terrorists and institute interrogation techniques worse than waterboarding, itself widely condemned as torture. Torture and retaliatory executions are both war crimes under international law.
In a recent interview, former National Security Agency and CIA director Michael Hayden said that the U.S. military might refuse such orders, which would constitute war crimes. The U.S. military has been trained for a decades that an order to commit a war crime is not an legal order and thus must not be obeyed.
“They won’t refuse. They’re not going to refuse me,” he said. “If I say do it, they’re going to do it.”
In a recent interview, former National Security Agency and CIA director Michael Hayden said that the U.S. military might refuse such orders, which would constitute war crimes. The U.S. military has been trained for a decades that an order to commit a war crime is not an legal order and thus must not be obeyed.
“They won’t refuse. They’re not going to refuse me,” he said. “If I say do it, they’re going to do it.”
For the Trump supporters: Does this not alarm you that he'd be ordering the same type of torture that the Japanese did to American soldiers, and consequentially, were executed for after WWII? Read up on the Tokyo Trials (war crimes).