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<blockquote data-quote="Jogeephus" data-source="post: 1451641" data-attributes="member: 4362"><p>TB, I think you are using a much new version of the oath. Its changed a lot since then but I agree with the gist of your question and you make a good point. I don't know the answer but I think a lot of this stuff gets jaded by time. For instance, we all admit slavery today is wrong but this was a different time and so is it really fair to apply our standards to that of a different era? </p><p></p><p>Also, you could look at things another way and that is if you have a commander telling you to do something that you know is wrong it is your duty as an officer NOT to do it. Granted, this is a slippery slope but we condemned plenty of Nazi SS soldiers to death who used the defense that they only killed Jews because they were ordered to. So if you put yourself in Lee's shoes you'll see he was faced with quite the dilemma because he was being told he would have to go and kill members of his family and his neighbors. Is this any different than the plight of a German soldier? Seems like a bad situation to be in whatever the answer.</p><p></p><p>Also, after we became traitors and declared our independence from England soldiers in the thirteen colonies swore an oath similar to this one. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>According to this oath, it would seem the emphasis of one's loyalty would be to the state first then to any of the other states which comprised the United States. I believe this was the root cause of the war.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jogeephus, post: 1451641, member: 4362"] TB, I think you are using a much new version of the oath. Its changed a lot since then but I agree with the gist of your question and you make a good point. I don't know the answer but I think a lot of this stuff gets jaded by time. For instance, we all admit slavery today is wrong but this was a different time and so is it really fair to apply our standards to that of a different era? Also, you could look at things another way and that is if you have a commander telling you to do something that you know is wrong it is your duty as an officer NOT to do it. Granted, this is a slippery slope but we condemned plenty of Nazi SS soldiers to death who used the defense that they only killed Jews because they were ordered to. So if you put yourself in Lee's shoes you'll see he was faced with quite the dilemma because he was being told he would have to go and kill members of his family and his neighbors. Is this any different than the plight of a German soldier? Seems like a bad situation to be in whatever the answer. Also, after we became traitors and declared our independence from England soldiers in the thirteen colonies swore an oath similar to this one. According to this oath, it would seem the emphasis of one's loyalty would be to the state first then to any of the other states which comprised the United States. I believe this was the root cause of the war. [/QUOTE]
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