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They Backed the Iraq War… Now Warn Troops About ‘Illegal Orders’ That Don’t Exist?

They Backed the Iraq War… Now Warn Troops About ‘Illegal Orders’ That Don’t Exist?

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Six Democratic veterans released a video urging troops to “refuse illegal orders” — despite the fact that no such orders are being issued. At the same time, each of them obeyed every order during the Iraq War, a conflict they now describe as unjust, mistaken, or “built on lies.” This breakdown examines that contradiction and why the message doesn’t line up with their own record in uniform.

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