Quote Originally Posted by Redleg
People who have never been in the military should not make blanket statments about what a soldier must do and what they can do in regards to following orders.

Soldiers in the United States Army are given several yearly classes and refreshers on just this subject (at least when I was in from 1985-2000) even the National Guard is given these annual classes. Unlawful orders are always instructed to be disobeyed.
Geneva convention, I guess?

That being said, I was not told about it when in the army(a shame, conscript training really s***s), but outside.....