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Thread #90533   Message #1718211
Posted By: Teribus
14-Apr-06 - 01:38 PM
Thread Name: BS: Lt. Gen. Newbold's comments
Subject: RE: BS: Lt. Gen. Newbold's comments
No interesting point of law at all Foolestroupe (anything to do with a Morris Dancing Side?)

UK forces are present in Iraq at the request of the duly elected Government of Iraq and also under UN Mandate. Their presence is therefore perfectly legal, hence the order posting Flt Lt Malcolm Kendall-Smith was a perfectly legitimate order, doesn't matter a toss what he felt about it.

I have actually done this, refused to carry out an order I believed was illegal, when I was in the navy. I also got away with it officially and in principle, but by christ did I pay for it for the remainder of my time on that ship.