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Experts say US “violated fundamental principles of international law” by attacking boat from Venezuela that was already heading back
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Under US law, military personnel basically have no way to refuse an order since they themselves can’t determine an order to be illegal. Only military court can do that and that can take from months to years while for all that time they will suffer real consequnces for refusing to comply with an order from their superior. Also if military court determines that order was lawful they are fucked. Also since US learned from Germany’s aftermath, compyling with illegal order is an affirmative defense for them if they are accused of war crimes or other evil deeds.
There is a good video on this from a real judge advocate general (JAG): https://youtu.be/TwPLqGkYnBA