Long story short; 16 members of a National Guard group were ordered to take trucks and drive contaminated jet fuel to somewhere; because the fuel was contaminated with diesal it was unusable. The convey would be largely unprotected, the trucks were old, and the soldiers figured they had about a 75% chance of getting attacked by insurgents. So they refused to go. They were under arrest for a day and now the incident is being covered up.
The story is here at Salon. I hate to admit this but I'm really not sure how to react to this. On the one hand, I can't think that the idea of optional orders is good for army discipline. On the other hand, I wouldn't have wanted to go either, certainly not if the mission was so much of a waste of time.
What do you think?
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