Source: CounterPunch
by John LaForge
“The president and secretary of defense have failed in their effort to see to the execution of six members of Congress after the lawmakers had the nerve to urge members of the U.S. military to refuse illegal orders, in other words, to obey the law. … The gruesome irony of Mr. Trump’s outburst, ‘they should be hanged,’ is that it’s been directed at war criminals. After WWII, Nazi commanders were hanged for following illegal orders.” (02/23/26)
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/23/illegal-orders-and-the-criminals-who-give-them-2/