A little reminder to US military personnel who may be ordered to take part in war crimes:

Not only are you allowed to refuse to follow illegal orders, it is your solemn duty to refuse them.

If you end up at The Hague, you will find that there is well established legal precedent that "I was only obeying orders" is not a valid defence.

This applies to all of you, from new recruits to 4 star generals.

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr/06/trump-threats-dilemma-for-officers-disobey-orders-or-commit-war-crimes

#IranWar #WarCrimes #NurembergDefence

Christ, the US is so far through the looking glass now.

When I joined the Navy one of the first things they taught you was that you must always follow orders given by a superior officer, UNLESS they were illegal orders, in which case you had a duty to refuse to follow them.

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/pentagon-threatens-to-court-martial-us-senator-for-urging-troops-to-uphold-oath-defy-illegal-orders/

#Fascism #TurdReich #NurembergDefence

“We were only obeying orders” comes to the UK.

Unions condemn plan to make civil servants ignore ECHR Rwanda rulings.

Government says it intends to change rules to order officials to follow ministerial decisions contrary to Strasbourg injunctions.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/jan/17/unions-condemn-rule-change-that-could-force-civil-servants-to-break-law-on-rwanda-plan

#NurembergDefence #Rwanda