Your big assumption for this president and his merry band is that they are concerned about legality.
DoJ and Eric Holder ring any bell?
And yes, I treat this whole ‘Obama kill list’ as a big fluff piece, and a clumsy attempt by the Obama team for the reelection bid.
Does the UCMJ Uniform Code of Military Justice ring a bell?
This is our military, carrying out the President’s commands, not some bitter, racist, has-been political hack appointee.
Even if the President gives an illegal order, say killing an unarmed detainee, it is illegal for any member of our military to carry it out.
All service personnel are schooled on the Geneva agreement, UCMJ, treatment of detainees, etc. and are often held accountable for infractions, especially murder.
There is this goofy notion that our Special Forces are free-wheeling gunslingers killing anyone they want.