Yes CMOH certainly means he was brave on the battle field
So how about now saying “Sure, if our President is not qualified then he can’t issue orders, so let’s spend $12 and check it out?!”
That’s the kind of fortitude I was hoping for.
What is wrong with asking for our president’s qualifications, it’s just a small scrap of paper. He said he had it. Let’s take a really quick look ....
And men like Ehren Watada who basically said, "The war in Iraq is an illegal and immoral war. I will not obey illegal orders to deploy until someone shows it is otherwise?" Or women like Yolanda Huet-Vaughn who basically said, "The war to liberate Kuwait is an illegal and immoral war. Any orders to deploy are illegal until someone shows it is otherwise?" Were they showing the kind of fortitude you expect an officer to show? Should Bush 1 and Bush 2 both taken the time to show proof to both officers that the war's were legal? Do you condemn their court martials as roundly as you condemn Lakin's? Are they fine examples on military officers in your eyes? Or how about Michael New who said, "Wearing the UN beret and serving on duty with the UN is unconstitutional. I will refuse orders because of that." Should his officers taken him in hand and shown him chapter and verse why their orders were legal and why he should obey? Did he show the kind of fortitude you were hoping for? Or should they have done what they did, court martial his sorry ass and boot him from the military?
I mean after all, what is wrong with asking the president to justify his war? It's such a simple thing to do.