Under the Uniform Code of Military justice, which determines what is white, right and wrong for our officers, for our military, it is a legal and ethical obligation to refuse unlawful orders. Okay? So that's the fact. And this goes back to Nuremberg, when The Nuremberg Tribunal hanged German commanders who tried to defend themselves by saying, I was just following orders. So the facts here are 100% clear. My six colleagues were simply saying what was, what is the law? Right. So what you really have here is shock. (00:34–00:44)
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Asserts that the Nuremberg Tribunal executed German commanders who used the defense of following orders.
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