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Singer James Blunt tells the BBC how he refused an order to attack Russian troops when he was a British army officer in Kosovo. "That sense of moral judgement is drilled into us as soldiers in the British army" says Blunt. Blunt risked a court-martial but was backed by his own General who said 'I'm not going to have my soldiers be responsible for starting World War III.'
Soldiers and others take note. This is how you can bravely choose to not create a world war.
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