• CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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    Lawful /= you agree with it, basically.

    To see why this is definitely within the powers the president has, swap “Canada” for “Vietnam”, “Iraq” or “Iran”. For more detail, you’d have to refer to the actual laws of war the US government recognises.

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      Canada and America are bound bu the NATO agreement. Under American law that makes any order to attack Canada not a legal order. Any military officer who abides by that order commits an offense under American law. That is why it is ‘preposterous’. That was a factually correct term, not his opinion.

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        There isn’t any nation where the military can just disagree. Even under a military junta, it’s only the junta itself that gets a say; everyone lower down must follow orders (even the ones involving atrocities, in that case. The West is weird for exempting something).

        That said, yeah, America isn’t looking so good these days.

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          In America it is illegal for a member of the military to obey a command that is not legal. If they do obey, or even issue a command that is not legal, they can be prosecuted and if found guilty imprisoned.

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              I believe in history, lol? Why are you bringing up North Korea?

              Is your brain okay?

              Edit: clearly this person wasn’t interested in a conversation at all, based on my instance, lol?