Every member of the military should assume he is legitimate unless and until he is found to be otherwise.
If this LTC thought Obama was not a legitimate Commander in Chief, then why didn’t he retire ASAP and go to court?
“What’s the magic number that would make the questioning of Obama’s legitimacy into the performance of a DUTY?”
There is no number. Zero. It isn’t for a standing army to decide who is their CINC.
It isn’t for a standing army to decide who is their CINC.
So a coup can occur one way or another, and the military has to support the coupster, or they’re bad.
Sure makes being a dictator easy!
I think you are very wrong here. Every soldier is responsible for recognizing who his commanders are at all levels of command.
Just for a moment let's hypothesize that Obama is not eligible to be President or Commander-in-Chief. In such a hypothetical case, what obligation does a soldier have to obey his commands?
If you KNEW that Obama was not eligible to be President or Commander-in-Chief, what obligation would YOU have to obey his commands or to obey laws which he had signed?