That's not what martial law means, at all. It just means there's some kind of crisis going on that they can't manage without suspending everyone's rights and putting the military in charge. It's not about who the army is ordered to shoot. Come on.
The reason martial law is inappropriate for today's "crisis" is because it's just the fucking sniffles.
No, it isn't. As a soldier, I carried a loaded rifle in plenty of circumstances where I wasn't allowed to just kill anyone that didn't do what I told them to. You don't know what you're talking about. Stop talking nonsense.
Right on. To add: Soldiers follow rules of engagements. These are direct orders from the Government. Soldiers are NOT to follow illegal orders. For example, it is illegal in Canada to use deadly force just to protect property. There is no "comply or die". The Serbs knew NATO rules of engagement. They knew they could steal whole convoys of food or help and NATO could not to a dammed thing about it. Same thing in Yougoslavia: Park a civilian car on a bridge and dumb Canadians could not bomb it. The rules of engagements are a legal document and it is signed. No politician would ever want their name on one.
That's not what martial law means, at all. It just means there's some kind of crisis going on that they can't manage without suspending everyone's rights and putting the military in charge. It's not about who the army is ordered to shoot. Come on.
The reason martial law is inappropriate for today's "crisis" is because it's just the fucking sniffles.
No, it isn't. As a soldier, I carried a loaded rifle in plenty of circumstances where I wasn't allowed to just kill anyone that didn't do what I told them to. You don't know what you're talking about. Stop talking nonsense.
Right on. To add: Soldiers follow rules of engagements. These are direct orders from the Government. Soldiers are NOT to follow illegal orders. For example, it is illegal in Canada to use deadly force just to protect property. There is no "comply or die". The Serbs knew NATO rules of engagement. They knew they could steal whole convoys of food or help and NATO could not to a dammed thing about it. Same thing in Yougoslavia: Park a civilian car on a bridge and dumb Canadians could not bomb it. The rules of engagements are a legal document and it is signed. No politician would ever want their name on one.