"Obedience to Orders as a Defense.—To determine how far obedience to orders may be pleaded in defense, it is necessary first to understand the military duty of obedience. " The Article enjoins obedience to the ' lawful ' order of a superior. The order of a proper superior is presumed to be lawful, and should be obeyed where it is not clearly and obviously in contravention of law," for, as will presently be seen, an inferior will not in general be held liable by a court-martial for an injurions conséquence of his execution of the order of a superior,1 unless the same was palpably illegal on its face. Unless, therefore, the illegality of the order is unquestionable, the subordinate should obey first and seek redress, if entitled to any, afterwards.'"
At this point, it appears Lt. Easterling isn't disobeying orders, but rather is seeking clarification on weather or not any orders given by Barry are lawful.
Is that a court marshal offense?
To have the credentials of our commander and chief withheld, whatever anyone says, is a coup. We have thus far reliniquished our Constitutional constraints on who could be president, and demonstrated our willingness to be blindly led to subservience. I suspect there are many in government fully aware of what is happening, telling themselves that when his popularity has declined, perhaps then they'll join some group asking for a review Obamas Constitutional qualifications. It will never happen, as people who understand power divide and conquer.
Lt Easterling is a hero, whose neck is further exposed than the patriot legislators in Tennessee. Rick Santelli, another hero, has gotten some press exposure. Might some press exposure help Easterling? I'm retired military, and can guess that Easterling has stirred a hornet's nest in his company. He will now pay whatever price the left can extract. Is there some way we can make it worth his sacrifice?