The Killing of innocent people

When to Obey and When not to Obey

It seems like everyday you hear of another American soldier in Iraq is being charged with killing innocent Iraqis’ and there are those that say they don’t believe that American Soldiers could do such a thing. They of course are living in a Fantasy world I don’t think there has ever been an Army in any war that has not committed the Killing of innocent people, or some say that it is “hard to tell an insurgent from an innocent civilians” let me give you a hint you don’t line up unarmed people and just shoot them. The real frightening thing is Islamic insurgents are in a Fantasy world of their own these two groups live in their own worlds the trouble is it’s the innocent people in the middle are the ones that get hurt.
What would you do if you were in the Army or Marines and your officer gives you an order to line up women and children and shoot them? Do you shoot them or refuse to do it and get count marshaled, put in prison or maybe the officer would just shoots you and uses that as an excuse to shoot the women and Children. It would take a person with a lot of courage to do the right thing. Anyone that is in the military better have a good reason for disobeying an order. General Douglas MacArthur disobeyed an order not to cross the 38th parallel in Korea and got thousands of Americans, Korean and Chinese people Killed. So this common old work lad says obey orders unless they violate Human Rights. The best way not to have these kind of tragedies is not to be there in the first place and to let the local people handle their own problems. War might seem like the quick and easy solution and peaceful solution takes too long, but the peaceful solution will last longer with fewer lives lost.