[Marie]

“One key point for me in this article is where the Stars and Stripes point out that Cook volunteered for the mission first and then refused to go.”

I read the entire brief. He didn’t refuse to go. He just questioned the Great One’s authority to give the order to go. In short, he basically said; Show me that you have the Constitutional right to be my CIC and I’ll happily do what you say. I want to go to war, but only if it’s legal.

[Prodigal Son]

Show me that you have the Constitutional right to be my CIC and I’ll happily do what you say. I want to go to war, but only if it’s legal.

Again, this sets a dangerous precedent. I think the Army should pursue this case with a great deal of vigor. If Cook is right, fair enough, we go from there. If he is wrong, he should be punished to the fullest extent of the UCMJ. He will be an example one way or the other.

[lentulusgracchus]

I read the entire brief. He didn’t refuse to go. He just questioned the Great One’s authority to give the order to go. In short, he basically said; Show me that you have the Constitutional right to be my CIC and I’ll happily do what you say.

Needs-repeating bump. Your point rebuts the ex parte account in Stars and Stripes.

Although it is worth noting that Stars and Stripes found it necessary to report the story in the first place. I'm sure Team Obama-Clinton would rather they buried it back on p. 23, or that they hadn't carried it at all.