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By Andrew R. Milburn

Lieutenant Colonel Andrew R. Milburn, USMC, is assigned to Special Operations Command, Europe, Future Operations (J3).

There are circumstances under which a military officer is not only justified but also obligated to disobey a legal order. In supporting this assertion, I discuss where the tipping point lies between the military officer’s customary obligation to obey and his moral obligation to dissent. This topic defies black-and-white specificity but is nevertheless fundamental to an understanding of the military professional’s role in the execution of policy. It involves complex issues—among them, the question of balance between strategy and policy, and between military leaders and their civilian masters.

Any member of the military has a commonly understood obligation to disobey an illegal order; such cases are not controversial and therefore do not fall within the purview of this article. Instead, the focus is on orders that present military professionals with moral dilemmas, decisions wherein the needs of the institution appear to weigh on both sides of the equation. Whether the issuer of the order is a superior officer or a civilian leader, the same principles apply. However, because issues at the strategic level of decisionmaking have greater consequences and raise wider issues, I focus on dissent at this level.

In the face of such a dilemma, the military professional must make a decision, which cannot simply owe its justification to the principle of obedience, and must take responsibility for that decision. But when and on what grounds should the officer dissent? And how should he do so? I offer three propositions:

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  • I just went to the newswithview.com and saw nothing about blackmail and wasn't able to scroll down

  •    I would like to know what Patreues(spelling?) Knows and the Col. who just retired that may know a lot about Benghazi?

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  • if you can help me i don't know how to send material in here if you go into newwithaview.com and scroll down to blackmail  NSA, OBMA, Roberts, Congress, how far does it go, now you will see why they do nothing there scared out of there minds and we can't have people with dirt in Congress it will be used against them now the NSA know everything and they know BO passed and allowed him to become president all involved must be tried for conspiracy, they have attacted judges congress all dirty Amen we got to tell them we are aware why they are covering up his impeachment process

  • Life is always a simple matter of what makes us tick, we are all born with our own internal ticker NOT somebody else's external (the) one... frequently our ticker wants a charge, so we meet with a friend anytime... and occasionally our ticker needs a recharge, so we listen to TAPS when we're sad, or hookup with a partner when we're glad... and so we network (to speak with one voice) in the pursuit of our happiness and its preservation in our children's future ...so we let loose our militias when we're MADD!!!

  • tell me something may i suggest the buck starts here we now have word that they blackmailed Justice Roberts they found out he is a deviate just like BO now can we demand he come clean and tell us the truth to save our country?? its got to stop if they blackmailed him that would be the end of his regime? am i right so lets try that lets all call Congress tell them we know all about them cheating deviates everything is now out in the open and they got to come clean and tell the truth have them been threaten?? if they  don't tell the truth they will all at one time or another be tried for treason its our only hope this is the price they paid when they took the oath of office if they don't merit that office they have to step down all of them because its becomes a threat to all of us he can control them all which he does and who is the biggest deviate of them all BO so fight fire with fire we need to send this letter and demand they do there Job he has to go and if they don't listen to We the people they will be also charged!!! the problem is there all corrupt and they can't protect us anymore without personal danger to themselves if that is the problem they must step down

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  • Did you know that the oath taken by West Point cadets has been changed..??

    They now swear to uphold the NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, NOT the Constitution...!!! Here is the new version and below is the original version...

    BTW, they also left out "SO HELP ME GOD";
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    THIS IS THE OLDER VERSION...BIG CHANGE....

    “I, (state your name), having been appointed a (rank) in the United States (branch of service), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foriegn and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the office upon which I am about to enter. So help me God.”

    Here is a video of cadets in 2012 taking the new oath;

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