“I’d love to see a source for that little nugget.”
25 years in the USAF, son of a USAF officer with 27 years in when he died, father of two kids who enlisted (Marines and Army) with a son-in-law who was in the Marines.
Is it a just war? If you are in the military, you are expected to trust the national leadership - the President and Congress - not to get involved in an unjust war. They have access to more info than you do.
Is it a legal target for attack? If it comes down in the ATO, you assume it is. It isn’t your job to vet every target.
Is it legal to obey orders with Obama as President? If it isn’t, the entire military would cease to exist immediately...so you need to trust the states, voters, Congress and courts. Let someone else fight that fight, or resign your commission. But it isn’t his place to determine if the President is the President. It is outside his jurisdiction.
Just IMHO...but I’ll be the Board will take the same approach.
Unless it obviously is not. Otherwise it's just a restatement of "I was just following orders".