“...history was full of the bones of good men who'd followed bad orders in the hope that they could soften the blow. Oh, yes, there were worse things they could do, but most of them began right where they started to follow bad orders.”
Terry Pratchett; Jingo
#Discworld #BombingCivillians #IsraelUSA #BreakingInternationalLaw

“‘In any case the rules don't concern us at this point. We have to play the game in any eventuality and so we will abide by them in the best traditions of sportsmanship until we have worked out where they may be most usefully broken to our advantage'”
Terry Pratchett; Unseen Academicals
#Discworld #BreakingInternationalLaw #WarByAnyOtherName #TrumpsWars