humanity in the military
in a proud tradition of refusing illegal and immoral orders, relying on their humanity and sense of justice as opposed to blindly following orders, a group of israeli pilots have issued a public letter condemning the actions of their own military against civilians.
“We, for whom the Israel Defence Forces and the Israel Air Force are an inseparable part of us, refuse to continue to hurt innocent civilians.”
the pilots have been grounded, and disciplinary action is pending.
to me, the fact that refusing “to continue to hurt innocent civilians” is even an issue for a state military is simply repugnant.