> Not the politics of the person firing it, but those directing the fire. ... you're almost there... and yet ... > It is possible to try to be non-partisan, b

> Not the politics of the person firing it, but those directing the fire. ... you're almost there... and yet ... > It is possible to try to be non-partisan, but an apolitical military is an oxymoron. > > The US military is the guarantor of a host of political lines across the world; supporting South Korea or Taiwan or Israel or Germany or Bosnia is a political act. At the direction of the duly elected civilian leadership. > You can't sign up and then disclaim responsibility for the political results of following orders "apolitically". The last people who tried that got shot at Nuremberg. This isn't considered a matter of politics. Its a matter of honor and lawfulness.