Lawmakers 'Investigated' for Revealing Illegal Orders, Not Issuing Them
Democratic lawmakers are suddenly under congressional 'investigation,' according to The Hill, not for issuing illegal orders, but for discussing a video detailing how to refuse illegal orders. The video, produced by Veterans for Peace, is apparently so threatening to the established order that those who shared it must be silenced. One wonders if the actual architects of illegal wars and
occupations ever face such swift, bipartisan condemnation. This isn't about upholding military discipline—it's about chilling dissent. The US has a long, documented history of soldiers being ordered to commit atrocities, from My Lai to Abu Ghraib. Training soldiers to understand their legal obligation to refuse unlawful commands is not sedition; it's international law and basic morality. Yet, in
Washington, exposing the mechanisms of illegality is deemed more problematic than the illegality itself. Perhaps a deeper 'investigation' into who benefits from unquestioning obedience, especially regarding the $3.8 billion in annual military aid to Israel, would be more illuminating? (Source: Congressional Research Service, 'U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel,' 2023).