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Originally Posted by EZRhino
Legit request for any civilian or political leadership. But it's a slippery slope for any officer or enlisted man to use whatever they feel is questionable election, like the 2000 election. The only time a officer or enlisted man can question his or her leadership is when moral issues, of things like life and death, are in question. That's still a tough call since many in ranks don't know all the details of their orders and the greater good. If I am a rifleman being order to cut down a bunch of kids, sure its my obligation to say no. If I am a Fire control officer and I am about lob a 1000lb missile into a defenseless village, I have to question it. But really, a surgeon doesn't have much leg to stand on. At the end of the day he won't be convicted of disobeying the President but his CO. Who is, without a doubt, legit.
BTW, did anyone noticed that this story broke on April First.
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The "order" in question is not just any order but an order to report. It comes from the TOP, so the officer is REQUIRED by military law itself to question anything about it that is erroneous, including if he sincerely believes that the originator, in this case the CiC Obama, is not eligible to issue the order.
Not one of the issues you mimic in your post is relevant.