[Tex-Con-Man]

Can SEAL TEAM SIX be considered heroes if they didn't demand to see Obama’s birth certificate before embarking on their Kill Osama mission?

According to some freepers, the military is obligated to disobey illegal orders by a usurper president. Doesn't that make Seal Team Six traitor/Obots?

[mnehring]

Sad is I’ve seen similar accusations and even calls for our military to overtly disobey orders. I’ve seen people accuse our military of being “obots” for not all doing what Larkin did.

[Hulka]

Lawful order received from their lawful military commander. The order did not come directly from The One to the Team. The military chain of command was in place. The military commanders presented the order to the Team, not The One. They do not ask where the order originated. They are only concerned that it is a lawful order. It was.

[Steve Van Doorn]

What Hulka said but this still makes the top level of the military Obots.

[so_real]

I've not seen such postings by other FReepers; I'll have to take your word for it. Central to this issue is that all orders received and delivered by officers in the U.S. military are expected to have passed muster before the U.S. Constitution. No one I have spoken with has condemned any officer for assuming the orders they received, delivered, or fulfilled were lawful in the eyes of the Constitution. In the same breath, no one I have spoken with -- aside from a small group of FReepers -- have condemned any officer for attempting to vet his orders through the eyes of the Constitution. Seal Team Six did no wrong in assuming their orders were lawful. Terry Lakin did no wrong in attempting to vet the orders he received. Both are heroes.