Are you saying that Colonel Roberts, Colonel McHugh or Lieutenant Colonel Judd were not Lakin's superior officers?
Well that argument did not hold up for the NAZI officers at the Nuremburg trial, because we have this concept of lawful orders.
And what was unlawful about an order to report to your commanding officer's office or report for duty with another unit?
An order cannot possibly be lawful if it came from an unlawful President. That is LT COL Lankin entire point.
The orders Lakin is charged with disobeying did not come from Obama. That's the Army's point.
The unlawful orders originated with Obama for Lakin to deploy to Afghanistan is the point.