[A Soldier]

When is it justified is it ever justified??

Let me just make this clear
NOTHING SAID HERE IS OFFICIALY ENDORSED BY THE ISRAELI GOVEMRNET
THIS IS JUST ONE PRIVATE SOLDIERS CONCERNS.

When is Disobeying orders justified??
In recent weeks I have been giving this quetioun alot of thought.

The goverment of Israel in a move ramrodded through the
Israeli Knesset(parliament) has decided to withdraw from the Gaza strip while uprooting all Israeli communities their. as their is a high likelihood that once the IDF leaves the terrorists (with the PA either turning a blind eye or activly assiting) will probably overrun and kill everyone in the sttlements.

So the IDF together with the Israeli Police has been give the unhappy task of clearing out those communities wheter they want to leave or not.

This has torn the country in two with citzens both supporting and opposing the disengament.

I know of several officers who have found ways out of helping the disengagment, one actually refused and said he was willing to go to jail before he would help.

This is tearing me up inside. What my political views are on the disengament are irrelvant, what is relevant for this disscussion is orders.

I read on one combat vets site that their are many kinds of courage.
Their is the courage to obey orders that will get you killed (to save others)
and their is the courage to disobey (stupid) orders that will get you killed

I have seen my fair share of incomptent officers and I saw how their orders were bent-broken so that things could be done more efficently.
I have also seen how when some orders were broken things fell apart .

I remember one man who refused to take and undermanned and underarmored patrol out into hostile territory untill they were properly outfittted thus saving many lives that would have uselessly squandered.

Then I remember the stories of how Kahalnis tank brigade with almost no ammuniton and not enough fuel stayed on the Golan heights and saved the whole north of Israel by appearing to the syrians to be more powerfull than they were.

I dont know what to think anymore, things that were black and white are now grey and grey.

Nothing makes sense and sometime soon I will have to take a stand one way or another.
Before I do I was wondering if someone could explain
1)When if ever do you disobey orders??
2)_Is there a genuine danger to democracy in disobeting orders??

Well excuse me for any spelling erros but I am exhausted and I have a long day tommorow