Dissent By Military Officers And Enlisted Personnel
Officers and enlisted personnel of the U.S. Armed Forces (and those of other countries) regularly take an oral oath to support and defend the primary convening document (i.e. constitution, articles of confederation, ruling laws and statutes) and/or the supreme leader of the nation-state. There have been countless cases throughout human history where commissioned military officers and enlisted personnel—as individuals or small groups—have chosen to question and disobey the orders of their superior officers or the supreme leader of the state.
Read more about Dissent By Military Officers And Enlisted Personnel: Forms of Dissent, Dissent Versus Conscientious Objection, Dissent in The Case of War Crimes
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