U.S. soldiers in Iraq routinely killed unarmed woman and children,

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Originally posted by Crumpp
So legal systems do evolve to reflect morality.

Crumpp

I missed you reply ,sorry.

I've translation trouble with your assertion can you please reformulate it ?

Actually I can have 2 contradictory translations of it  

[Staga]

Originally posted by sonostudmuffinun
We'd never win a war with that attitude!!

When push comes to shove, and the military is called upon to go into combat, strict and immediate adherence to NCO's and officer's orders (legal orders) is paramount in order to do the job with as little loss of life as possible.

If any private out there feels he has to answer to the public rather than his squad leader, he is not a soldier.

So if your squad leader orders his troops to set up a massacre in Vietnamese village you just merrily obey him because of the orders you got... Oh you added the word "legal"...