It is very easy to say that soldiers could refuse to obey unlawful orders. They have to think it over very, very careful

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3. Depends on the order. And the situation. That's the rub.

We tend to think in clear cut, extreme cases, where the choice to disobey is obvious. The real world is rarely like that. The Venezuela attack was really no different than Papa Bush's Panama invasion. Both were deemed violations of the UN charter and international law. From an individual service member's point of view, both were murky. To your point, the repercussions of that in such a murky situation can be serious.

Greenland may be a test case. Whole different ballgame than Venezuela and much of the brass isn't particularly pleased with this regime of shitheads. Not a stretch to say some of them want to shoot Whisky Pete in the face 3 times.