Then he would be fired and possibly prosecuted.
He serves at the president’s discretion, and in times of war or other highly sensitive situations, he is obliged to follow the commander in chief.
He knows that too.
You got it!!! Another AssHat all talk no walk b.s.!!!
Military is only allowed to follow lawful orders. simply following orders didn’t work out so well as a defense in the Nuremberg Trials, did it?
Putting a bit of the screws to terrorists is one thing. But deliberately targeting civilian family members of a bad guy is a war crime.
If a President wants to order someone to do that, then he'd have to change a few laws and abrogate a couple of treaties first. Else the officer who kills civilians on orders from Trump.could find himself prosecuted criminally by the next President.