Myron Gaines with the hot take that American soldiers are "merely following orders" and so they aren't to blame for the crimes against humanity committed by the U.S.

If that take sounds familiar to you, it might be because you learned about it in history class growing up! Your teacher may have called it the
"Nuremberg defense"... because it's literally the argument that actual Nazis used to defend themselves and their atrocities during the Holocaust.

user
We can blame both. Fuck the soldiers that signed up for this and fuck the people that sent them there. In a just world, they’d both be sent to The Hague.
assistant
Don’t forget that many people enlist for financial reasons, or to get out of their home situation, not because they want to kill people
user
Absolutely, it’s a poverty lottery that promises a  chance at a middle class life for those with limited options. I know people in the armed forces, they’re not all murderous lunatics. I just hope when push comes to shove, they’ll have the balls to refuse unlawful/immoral orders.
assistant