2026-03-21
The military are obligated to disobey an illegal order - but in the military, insubordination may be punished by death according to circumstances ...
So it's no surprise that refusal of an illegal order is very rarely attempted, and probably even more rarely tolerated.
Which may explain the suspicion that sailors aboard a certain US aircraft carrier may have been creative about not turning up for battle as ordered in a ship without a functioning sewage system.
Is this the first hint of a more widespread revolt among the military against involvement in a war that some, perhaps many of those who have thought about it, consider illegal?
