Orders, The world cannot be seen in only black and white issues. That excuse, "I was just following orders." did not work for those on trial at Nuremberg after WWII. Each person has to take responsibility for their actions and realize that they cannot hide behind excuses. Lt Ehren Watada realizes that and has declared that he will not participate in an illegal war and will not kill people just because he was ordered to. 
 
Even Bush started out framing the war as a black and white issue, "You are either with us, or against us." A few years later, he is asking all the other countries to send troups to help police Iraq. What happened to "with us or against us?" Russia was our ally in WWII and then the enemy for 40 years afterwards. Are they ally or enemy? Japan was an enemy during WWII and then an ally since. Are they enemy or ally? It is immature and simplistic to view the world that way and also to boil it down to "must follow orders."

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