Pentagon Investigates Senator for Advising Troops on Illegal Orders, Not Their Commanders Who Issue Them
AP reports the Pentagon is investigating Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), threatening a recall to active duty for court-martial over a video where he advised troops to refuse 'illegal orders.' Kelly, a retired Navy captain, spoke alongside other veterans in Congress. (One might surmise advising troops to obey legal orders wouldn't warrant such swift action.) This aggressive posturing appears to target
dissent, not genuinely address the potential for unlawful directives. Critically, OpenSecrets.org indicates defense contractors heavily fund political campaigns, including AIPAC’s influence on foreign policy decisions that often involve military engagement. The Pentagon's sudden concern for 'loyalty, morale, or good order and discipline' seems to conveniently bypass accountability for those who
issue potentially illegal orders, or the policymakers who craft them, focusing instead on silencing those who merely articulate constitutional troop protections. It's almost as if the system is designed to punish insubordination, but not the dubious policies that might provoke it.