You're asking members of a military, that is, the custodians of ultimate state violence, to decide who the enemy is? Are you sure about that? To whom does the

You're asking members of a military, that is, the custodians of ultimate state violence, to decide who the enemy is? Are you sure about that? To whom does the soldier have a greater duty, the government elected by the citizens of his country, or the citizens of some other country? Let's say I take a 4-star general, and strip him of all rank. Put him in a platoon and tell him to follow the orders of the lieutenant in charge. No matter his geopolitical insights and experience, he is now dependent on the information of the lieutenant. It's no longer theory, now it's specifics. He is told to knock down that door and shoot the first person he sees. How can he possibly make any decision other than to execute the orders he is given? This is the terrible responsiblity of the lieutenant: he is the last source of information and direction the soldier has. Would you want your soldiers to die for a lie? As the result of misdirection? Do you want them to know to kill an innocent?