They Backed the Iraq War… Now Warn Troops About ‘Illegal Orders’ That Don’t Exist?

Six Democratic veterans released a video urging troops to “refuse illegal orders” — despite the fact that no such orders are being issued. At the same time, each of them obeyed every order during the Iraq War, a conflict they now describe as unjust, mistaken, or “built on lies.” This breakdown examines that contradiction and why the message doesn’t line up with their own record in uniform.