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McGruff I'm dead serious. Several FReepers on this thread have pointed out that a soldier has a responsibility to not obey orders that are illegal. This is true. But we are not talking about “orders” that are illegal. We are talking about the CIC, who is in fact the CIC until somebody with a sh*t ton of power (SCOTUS) says otherwise. Deployment orders for this officer are not coming directly from Obama but from others at the pentagon. It is a stretch to claim a deployment order is a violation of the law because you don't think somebody in the chain of command is qualified to be there.

I said on the same post you quote from that, “Saying you won't follow orders because you believe the CIC is not Constitutionally qualified to be president is no better than those who refused orders during the Bush administration because they believed the War on Terror was unconstitutional or against international law.” In what way can you disagree?

By his actions, the Colonel is actually requesting a Court Martial in order to establish whether or not his orders are legal for an American officer to obey.

The tactic is bold. However, I believe it offers the other team too many opportunities to skirt the main issue. E.G., the Colonel can simply be relieved of duty, putting paid to the whole affair. Many other, much more drastic steps can be taken against him, long before any Court Martial convenes. If and when it does, (a long shot) I am reasonably certain a request to the Attorney General of the State of Hawaii for the documentation will NOT be made.I.E., the case will be contested on very limited, strictly military terms.

This Obama has thrown us into a Constitutional Crisis, which I personally believe can only be resolved after he leaves office at the end of his term. We have lived through a skillfully managed anti-constitutional Coup which has been temporarily successful.

It is like finding a known but undisclosed defect in a house, after title has passed; a defect which should have been discovered and reported by your real estate agent before closing. Due Diligence on Obama was not performed. We can recover. But not as quickly as one might wish. I know many a good real estate case that is older than a four-year Presidential term.