Former NSA/CIA Chief: Why Armed Forces Can't Legally Obey Trump

[Lakhota]

"If he were to order that once in government, the American armed forces would refuse to act."

Michael Hayden, the former head of the NSA and CIA, thinks some of presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign promises are so unlawful that the U.S. Armed Forces could not follow them as orders.

These include Trump's claim that people deserve to be waterboarded even if it doesn't work and that he would target the families of terrorists. The internationally recognized Geneva Convention bars such action.

"If he were to order that once in government, the American armed forces would refuse to act," Hayden said Friday during an appearance on "Real Time with Bill Maher." "You are required not to follow an unlawful order that would be in violation of all the international laws of armed conflict."

Hayden added that he would be "incredibly concerned" if Trump followed through with his campaign promises as president.

Former CIA Head Explains Why Armed Forces Can't Legally Obey Trump

Wow, this would create a very scary scenario for American armed forces - and America.

 

[HenryBHough]

The problem is that the military swears to uphold The Constitution - not some escaped simian.

 

[Meathead]

Wow, they are getting desperate. It's a lot of fun to watch.

 

[Davros]

More reason why Trump the Nazi-like must not be elected president.

 

[Davros]

Wow, they are getting desperate. It's a lot of fun to watch.

It is true that if Trump gave an unlawful order to torture, the military would be duty bound to disobey that order.

 

[Mac1958]

Who knows what this guy would try. Maybe nothing. Maybe this is all just a reality show for him.

But until then, we can count on him to just say stuff without thinking it through, for even a moment.
.

 

[Lakhota]

Wow, they are getting desperate. It's a lot of fun to watch.

Desperation? It's simply based on Trump's stated goals as president. General Michael Hayden is not some crackpot - he's a distinguished American patriot.

 

[Anathema]

"If he were to order that once in government, the American armed forces would refuse to act."

Michael Hayden, the former head of the NSA and CIA, thinks some of presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign promises are so unlawful that the U.S. Armed Forces could not follow them as orders.

These include Trump's claim that people deserve to be waterboarded even if it doesn't work and that he would target the families of terrorists. The internationally recognized Geneva Convention bars such action.

"If he were to order that once in government, the American armed forces would refuse to act," Hayden said Friday during an appearance on "Real Time with Bill Maher." "You are required not to follow an unlawful order that would be in violation of all the international laws of armed conflict."

Hayden added that he would be "incredibly concerned" if Trump followed through with his campaign promises as president.

Former CIA Head Explains Why Armed Forces Can't Legally Obey Trump

Wow, this would create a very scary scenario for American armed forces - and America.

ANY ANERICAN that puts INTERNATIONAL LAW ahead of the good of AMERICA needs to be skinned alive and dipped in lemon juice.

 

[Lakhota]

"If he were to order that once in government, the American armed forces would refuse to act."

Michael Hayden, the former head of the NSA and CIA, thinks some of presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign promises are so unlawful that the U.S. Armed Forces could not follow them as orders.

These include Trump's claim that people deserve to be waterboarded even if it doesn't work and that he would target the families of terrorists. The internationally recognized Geneva Convention bars such action.

"If he were to order that once in government, the American armed forces would refuse to act," Hayden said Friday during an appearance on "Real Time with Bill Maher." "You are required not to follow an unlawful order that would be in violation of all the international laws of armed conflict."

Hayden added that he would be "incredibly concerned" if Trump followed through with his campaign promises as president.

Former CIA Head Explains Why Armed Forces Can't Legally Obey Trump

Wow, this would create a very scary scenario for American armed forces - and America.

ANY ANERICAN that puts INTERNATIONAL LAW ahead of the good of AMERICA needs to be skinned alive and dipped in lemon juice.

Ahem, America is a nation of laws!

 

[Auld Phart]

Trump is a sideshow barker, a used car salesman.

Hillary is no better.

If these are the picks in November.....


America loses

 

[DarkFury]

The problem is that the military swears to uphold The Constitution - not some escaped simian.

The United States military does NOT water board. The CIA does.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Former NSA/CIA Chief: Why Armed Forces Can't Legally Obey Trump

Because he's not the POTUS.

 

[Anathema]

Ahem, America is a nation of laws!

AMERICAN laws, not INTERNATIONAL laws.

 

[SmokeALib]

This article is a pile of bullshit. This country is obliged to protect its citizens in any necessary means possible, and the CIA is right there there at the top of the list to do just that. On paper, they can bow down to the Libs and act like pussies, but in the real world, this philosophy loses lives. American lives.

 

[Davros]

"If he were to order that once in government, the American armed forces would refuse to act."

Michael Hayden, the former head of the NSA and CIA, thinks some of presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign promises are so unlawful that the U.S. Armed Forces could not follow them as orders.

These include Trump's claim that people deserve to be waterboarded even if it doesn't work and that he would target the families of terrorists. The internationally recognized Geneva Convention bars such action.

"If he were to order that once in government, the American armed forces would refuse to act," Hayden said Friday during an appearance on "Real Time with Bill Maher." "You are required not to follow an unlawful order that would be in violation of all the international laws of armed conflict."

Hayden added that he would be "incredibly concerned" if Trump followed through with his campaign promises as president.

Former CIA Head Explains Why Armed Forces Can't Legally Obey Trump

Wow, this would create a very scary scenario for American armed forces - and America.

ANY ANERICAN that puts INTERNATIONAL LAW ahead of the good of AMERICA needs to be skinned alive and dipped in lemon juice.

So we can mark you down as supporting torture as a punitive measure. Puts you in good authoritarian company.

 

[Care4all]

"If he were to order that once in government, the American armed forces would refuse to act."

Michael Hayden, the former head of the NSA and CIA, thinks some of presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign promises are so unlawful that the U.S. Armed Forces could not follow them as orders.

These include Trump's claim that people deserve to be waterboarded even if it doesn't work and that he would target the families of terrorists. The internationally recognized Geneva Convention bars such action.

"If he were to order that once in government, the American armed forces would refuse to act," Hayden said Friday during an appearance on "Real Time with Bill Maher." "You are required not to follow an unlawful order that would be in violation of all the international laws of armed conflict."

Hayden added that he would be "incredibly concerned" if Trump followed through with his campaign promises as president.

Former CIA Head Explains Why Armed Forces Can't Legally Obey Trump

Wow, this would create a very scary scenario for American armed forces - and America.

ANY ANERICAN that puts INTERNATIONAL LAW ahead of the good of AMERICA needs to be skinned alive and dipped in lemon juice.

don't be so stupid...

it's not 'international law', the Geneva convention is a USA CONSTITUTIONAL TREATY, that the USA passed thru 2/3's vote of congress, with the President signing.....just as the Constitution requires....

IT IS U.S. Constitutional LAW and it is binding...

 

[Davros]

This article is a pile of bullshit. This country is obliged to protect its citizens in any necessary means possible, and the CIA is right there there at the top of the list to do just that. On paper, they can bow down to the Libs and act like pussies, but in the real world, this philosophy loses lives. American lives.

THERE IS ONLY ONE FORM OF LIFE THAT MATTERS! DALEK LIFE! OBEY YOUR ORDERS, WATERFIELD!

 

[Lakhota]

The problem is that the military swears to uphold The Constitution - not some escaped simian.

The United States military does NOT water board. The CIA does.

Not true! Plus, the president is also Commander-in-Chief of the military.

Despite New Denials by Rumsfeld, Evidence Shows US Military Used Waterboarding-Style Torture

 

[Care4all]

This article is a pile of bullshit. This country is obliged to protect its citizens in any necessary means possible, and the CIA is right there there at the top of the list to do just that. On paper, they can bow down to the Libs and act like pussies, but in the real world, this philosophy loses lives. American lives.

BULL CRUD!!!

Treaties voted on and signed by the President are constitutionally bound, by our law.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Trump is a sideshow barker, a used car salesman.

Hillary is no better.

If these are the picks in November.....


America loses

He is the only one that speaks about the ass fucking our nation has been receiving from China and Mexico for the last forty fucking years. Millions of jobs, hundreds of billions of dollars in deficits and what do we get? Not a goddamn thing. Both Cruz and Rubio is part of this ass fucking and they must be defeated! The only ones that seem to care is Trump and Bernie sanders.

Sorry, but deregulating and patting our back stabbers to suck corporates dick like Rubio or Cruz wants to do is the wrong thing to do.