Lakin could have unimpeachable video evidence that Obama, while wearing a Nazi uniform, was killing Jews with one hand, and eating babies with the other. That would be of no material relevance to the crimes that Lakin is alleged to have committed.
Not only that, it is not the prerogative of the military justice system to investigate civilian command. That is why we have civilian law enforcement.
And if he he had videotape of that nobody in the military would have to do a thing about it either. That’s what I hear you saying. Is that correct?
Whether Lakin disobeyed a lawful order doesn’t depend on whether Obama committed crimes. The reason I bring up that issue is to see how the military has to respond to known crimes. Sounds like you’re saying they don’t have to do anything. If a lower officer knows a higher officer is committing crimes they don’t have to do a thing about it. They don’t have to report it to military justice and they don’t have to report it to civilian law enforcement.
But whether Lakin disobeyed a lawful order depends on whether he was ever GIVEN a lawful order. From what you’re saying, it doesn’t matter who gave the order or their qualifications to give the order, nor does the lawfulness of their order matter whether it is in obedience to an order from a lawful president - such as an order for our military to be in Afghanistan being given by an eligible commander-in-chief.
From what you’re saying I could go tell my nearest troops to waltz across Texas and if they didn’t do it they would be disobeying lawful orders. Doesn’t matter who gave it to them, by what authority they gave it, or whether the command is in line with any higher authority.
I’m sorry, Old Deck Hand, but I just cannot believe that that can be real. If I believe that, I would have to think that the military is a zoo, and that doesn’t fit what I see from the people I’ve known. The people I’ve known have said that EVERYTHING depends of the legitimacy of position that a person has, which is directly related to where they fit in the chain of command. Otherwise why do we HAVE a chain of command?