It sometimes surprises me that we exepct our politicians and military (and everyone but us somehow) to behave better than the average person does.

The military is made up of ordinary citizen who have volunteered to do a particular job.

Politicians are ordinary citizens who have volunteered to be elected to do a particular job.

Neither group is made up of people who are better or worse than the rest of "us." They are just a sampling of "us."

And some of "us" will obey an illegal order and some of "us" will not.

Some of "us" will give an illegal order and some of "us" will not.

We cannot expect more of "them" than we are willing to expect of "us."