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Originally Posted by BlackCrayon
i'm sure the average soldier was just following orders and not in the know however this does not excuse away everything else that happened.
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The Nuremberg defence. I was only following orders.
Fair enough in an act of war. e.g Soldiers ordered to invade a country after war has been declared.
However when war crimes and atrocities are being committed, and when there is a clear moral choice this defence is invalid. This principle is even enshrined in German military law where the soldier knows the order to be a criminal act such as shooting non-combatants without trial.
So the scumbags in the video that are justifying murder of civilians because it was an act of revenge, whilst excusing their own guilt because they were following orders; are not only morally and legally wrong, but very fucking lucky they live in a free society where they can spout such bullshit with impunity.
Which leads me on to the hypocrisy of the arseholes who seem to be infesting this place these days........