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Originally Posted by sacX
It's not honorable if the sworn oath requires unethical actions. In fact it's specifically dishonorable. Haven't you seen "A Few Good Men" :P or remember the Nuremberg trials?
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Whether something is unethical is subjective. Having said that a soldier has an avenue to officially protest what he may believe to be an illegal order. He had better be right when he does this as there may very well be consequences if the powers that be decide that the order was not an illegal order. One of the consequences may be a discharge under less than honorable conditions or even an out and out Dishonorable Discharge.
"A Few Good Men" was a movie. Movies are fictional. If the Axis would have been the victors the "NuembergTrials" would have been held against the Allies. "Subjective".