The guy occupying the White House has serious issues with regard to his citizenship. Were he to apply for any clearance, even as a civilian, he would spend years going through every detail of his citizenship trail, and would probably end up with a denial on that issue alone. He fits the profile of an 'illegal', in that sense of the term. I've seen similar cases.
Let's not even mention the concept of him attempting to get a commission.
But yet through the electoral process he got around all of this because the standard is simply lower: the press is supposed to out you. The paperwork submitted by the Democratic Party for qualification was simply a laughable fraud, nothing more then happy talk. Yet it goes through because they are who they are, and no one in the government bureaucracy would cross them after the Convention nominates him.
Lakin has every right to look up the chain of command and ask himself if the ultimate authority is legal. Undoubtedly he better be damn sure he's right before taking on such a risk, but an enormous number of people have the same reservations.
The fact that he hasn't prevailed so far doesn't negate that, merely points out the difficulty of it.
You need proof. You offer suspicion.
I remember when GWB had folks saying he was ‘selected’, not elected, and thus not the CINC. I didn’t have sympathy to spare for those guys, all of whom deployed with us when the legal folks talked to them. And unless Lakin can offer some evidence for his beliefs, he has no more basis for refusing an order to deploy than he would if he claimed Obama was a space alien.
There is no indication that Obama is not a US citizen by birth. If you have some, feel free to send it to Lakin’s new defense team and maybe they can get Lakin free.