DOJ Investigates Dems for 'Illegal Orders' Video, Ignores Real War Crimes
Five Democratic lawmakers are under federal scrutiny for urging military members to refuse 'illegal orders' in November. This, according to the New York Times, is a significant development. One might wonder, however, where the intense federal investigative zeal is when it comes to the actual 'illegal orders' being carried out daily, funded by these same lawmakers and their colleagues. According to
OpenSecrets.org, these very legislative bodies greenlighted over $3.8 billion in military aid to Israel in 2023 alone, a figure set to balloon with active proposals like HR 815, passed in February 2024, allocating billions more for weapons systems widely implicated in documented civilian death tolls and infrastructure destruction. So, the Department of Justice is probing a video about hypothetical
illegal orders, while the U.S. continues to supply weapons to an ally that has repeatedly ignored international law (as documented by countless human rights organizations and UN reports, including the 2024 ICJ provisional measures). The irony is thicker than the cement for Gaza's future 'safe zones.' It appears that criticizing the abstract possibility of illegal actions in uniform is a federal
offense, but enabling actual, observable war crimes with overwhelming financial and military support is merely 'foreign policy.'