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[ZZLPHeels]

Yes, on the question of whether or not Congress telling the military to not follow rules and the potential real-life impact that could have, I don't see any way Trump is involved. I see two parties: Congressional Democrats and Military personnel.

Who is the commander in chief of the armed forces?

 

[ChileG]

Again, he didn't tell the military to not follow orders.

Again, your original issue was that members of Congress “implied” that what Trump was doing was illegal.
Then you said Rand was just “asking questions.”
When confronted with the fact that Rand didn’t merely imply that the killings were illegally and also wasn’t just asking questions, but said so directly and emphatically, now you shift to claiming your real issue was that some in Congress said not to follow illegal orders. Something every member of our military already knows.

 

[lawtig02]

Who is the commander in chief of the armed forces?

??? What does THAT have to do with whether a soldier should follow illegal orders given by the commander in chief of the armed forces???

 

[ZZLPHeels]

??? What does THAT have to do with whether a soldier should follow illegal orders given by the commander in chief of the armed forces???

"I don't know why those people sprayed water ALL OVER my neighbor's house. The fact that their house was literally on fire is completely irrelevant to the fact that these other individuals showed up and sprayed water everywhere. I demand answers!"

 

[lawtig02]

I think we are, sadly, discovering that professional bosiders are among those who would support Trump even if he shot someone in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico . . . I mean, Fifth Avenue.

 

[ZenMode]

Again, your original issue was that members of Congress “implied” that what Trump was doing was illegal.
Then you said Rand was just “asking questions.”
When confronted with the fact that Rand didn’t merely imply that the killings were illegally and also wasn’t just asking questions, but said so directly and emphatically, now you shift to claiming your real issue was that some in Congress said not to follow illegal orders. Something every member of our military already knows.

Nope. I said that Congress implied that war crimes had already been committed AND were telling military personnel not to follow orders.

Like I said earlier, and mean it this time, I give up. To me this is an obvious issue, but clearly most others either a) don't see an issue or b) want to say 'but, but, but... what about Trump".

 

[ZZLPHeels]

Nope. I said that Congress implied that war crimes had already been committed AND were telling military personnel not to follow orders.

Like I said earlier, and mean it this time, I give up. To me this is an obvious issue, but clearly most others either a) don't see an issue or b) want to say 'but, but, but... what about Trump".

What does the Commander in Chief have to do with the military?

 

[ChileG]

Nope. I said that Congress implied that war crimes had already been committed AND were telling military personnel not to follow orders.

Like I said earlier, and mean it this time, I give up. To me this is an obvious issue, but clearly most others either a) don't see an issue or b) want to say 'but, but, but... what about Trump".

I never said anything about, “bbbbbut what about Trump.”

So, to sum up:
You are 100% okay with Rand stating explicitly that these killings are illegal, as long as he doesn’t ALSO remind the troops not to do things that are illegal.
Okay, lol.

 

[dukeman92]