Well, howdy there, Internet people it spell again.

So today, we're going to talk about Senators calling it like they see it on the boats.

We have to set the scene real quick to put it into D.C. context.

For quite a while now, people in Congress have been in an uproar over the administration's

response to a group of veterans making a video that parallels DOD training on the duty to

disobey unlawful orders. We've made a number of videos explaining the practical application of the laws governing this,

and discussed it in depth.

In D.C., even some Republicans were bothered by the reactions from the White House.

Senator Mark Kelly, who was one of the veterans in the video, described the chain of events events and said, quote, I said something very

simple and non-controversial, and Donald Trump said I should be hanged, executed, prosecuted.

Pete Hugg said that I should be court-martialed. How ridiculous is this? We say follow the law, and this is their response. These are not serious people.

Senator Kelly went on to reiterate that, quote, not only do they not have to follow them, they are legally required not to follow.

The immediate response from the White House to the video was calls of treason.

Then, when it was discovered that the duty to disobey is something the military routinely trains on,

and the duty is literally enshrined in the oath of enlistment. The talking point was that it was an

unnecessary video because the administration hadn't given an unlawful order. That's not how military

training works. You don't start to train after a situation arises. You start before. Regardless of public comments,

even congressional Republicans who are vets know this is the case. So, there was unease on Capitol Hill.

Then the report about the September 2nd boat strike came out, with the allegation that

U.S. forces struck a boat a second time once the opposition was out of action.

Congressional leaders are now using the term that is normally unspeakable in politics

concerning U.S. troops.

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