Excellent and thought provoking read.
Don't let the Afghanistan generals deflect, displace, or dissemble – Responsible Statecraft responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/09/30/don…
Don't let the Afghanistan generals deflect, displace, or dissemble – Responsible Statecraft responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/09/30/don…
From Steve Katz, @steveLkatz
“In the just war tradition, describing a Sisyphean strategy and then attempting to execute it is an immoral act. However, even in this circumstance, senior officers are still empowered with moral agency and a choice:”
“In the just war tradition, describing a Sisyphean strategy and then attempting to execute it is an immoral act. However, even in this circumstance, senior officers are still empowered with moral agency and a choice:”
“they can either stay in command and accept some of the moral liability in waging an unjust war or they can request to be re-assigned, resign, or retire to avoid this moral stain. Over the course of the war, no generals pursued the latter option.”
“The military officer’s guide provides this much, “…the senior military officers’ role is to vigorously provide the best professional military advice possible to our political leaders. The Commander in Chief or the Secretary of Defense make the decisions. And…”
“…unless they are illegal or immoral, the military must carry out the orders of the President or the Secretary.” The officer’s guide state’s that an officer who cannot support these decisions in “good conscience,” must offer to resign or retire.”
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