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(Ideally, the captain should always conform to moral orders from the Commander-in-Chief, but if they differ, the Commander-in-Chief outranks the captain and thats all there is to that.)
Not always. The captain is Johnny on the spot. Sometimes the CIC orders don't apply. Or the captain may be convinced that the orders would be changed if the CIC was fully apprised of the situation. The advantage of officers having the ability to take initiative has been proven in combat time and time again. Those armies that always have to have their orders changed by those 'in charge' for changing situations are usually referred to generically as 'losers.'

Part of the training of an officer is to know when to and when not to follow orders.
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Of course, you'd better be DAMNED sure you're right, but it is possible. It's not a 'that's that' situation. It can't be.

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You know, for all that christains keep telling me that God's work is a mystery, his standards infathomable, they always seem to use human metaphor when it looks like it could explain his behavior.

So what is it? Is he like the greek gods, human-writ-large, or is he alien by virtue of scale, as a one celled creature trying to understand hair styles?





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