tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post6096527929618367834..comments2024-03-28T07:50:06.102-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Brian Terrell — Two Interrogations, Gina Haspel and Adolf Eichmannmike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-49799355951432001542018-05-12T00:23:41.181-04:002018-05-12T00:23:41.181-04:00“’Just taking orders’ absolves one of atrocities c...“’Just taking orders’ absolves one of atrocities committed.” ~ Noah Wray<br /><br />Only if you on the side that wins a war. <br /><br />However if you are on the side that loses a war, then “just taking orders” is no defense.<br /><br />In any war, the winners call themselves saints, no matter how many atrocities they committed.<br /><br />They call the losers demons, no matter benevolent and humanitarian the losers were.<br /><br />We all know this, but we pretend that we don’t know it. <br /><br />In the words of General Curtis LeMay, “If I had lost the war, I would have been tried as a war criminal.”Konradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739209449391854796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-54639479082692418772018-05-11T23:25:42.527-04:002018-05-11T23:25:42.527-04:00"Just taking orders" absolves one of atr..."Just taking orders" absolves one of atrocities committed. <br /><br />Subject to rank, of course. <br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse#RepercussionsNoah Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12012500819097539976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-48553111839105840872018-05-11T22:44:14.604-04:002018-05-11T22:44:14.604-04:00Yes, I was surprised to see this at the time. Reve...Yes, I was surprised to see this at the time. Reveals something of the mentality. <br /><br />PL also said elsewhere that if Trump gave pushed the button, everyone would follow the order, no matter what. <br /><br />The military mind. And the paramilitary mind as well.Tom Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08454222098667643650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-1883783033162203762018-05-11T22:22:35.313-04:002018-05-11T22:22:35.313-04:00Read the comments in Publius Tacitus' piece - ...Read the comments in Publius Tacitus' piece - <a href="" rel="nofollow">Gina Haspel Will Cruise to Confirmation</a> and you will not come away with a good opinion of either PT or PL - I am really sorry to say that, despite neither of them being "borgs".Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198667003900590106noreply@blogger.com