Very unprofessional...needs his ass kicked as well.
The implication of headline departs from the quote.
Sounds like the general is a perfumed ass kissing prince. I doubt he would follow perfectly legal order for anything Trump ordered.
Terminate his command. The military can’t overrule a decision by the President.
Obama’s military doesn’t obey orders. They are too busy fighting to keep LGBTXYZ troops in the military. There ought to be a wholesale housecleaning by Trump in the New Year.
How would he know what the President and his Advisers know ? He plans to break the chain of command and get millions killed
This story is going all over the place. As noted on the other threads, the general’s comments are being misinterpreted. The usual left-wing lies are being spread everywhere.
obama;s military get rid
This nuclear command LOSER allowed Clinton to nuclear arm our enemies without military executions.
Gen. John Hyten, you are a cowardly loser who will get many of us killed.
Fired...
"Illegal"? In the above context what does that even mean? What thing illegal could the Commander in Chief do with nuclear weapons?
Would someone please define for me what an “illegal order” from the Commander in Chief to one of his generals would be? I confess I’m at a loss. Any experts in the house?
Should be replaced immediately, retire or be courts martialed. Trump and others cannot have a disloyal general.
He should be fired.
The general never should have discussed nuclear weapons processes in public. He should be relieved of command. What he’s trying to get at is policy, specifically first strike use, such as on the Norks by Trump. It’s clear to me he disagrees with that option — same B.S. Congress is trying to do.
Hyten is a Harvard grad, non-aviator/non-missilier, with no combat experience and not one assignment outside of CONUS. A maximum Obama weenie.
WTF is an Air Force General doing at a foreign conference that is not secure in the first place? The USA needs to tighten up its military from the top down ASAP. The Cult of Personality can be charming amongst politicians but not those entrusted to maintain national security. If any member of the media wants to cover military matters, the portal for info should be the DOD PR department.
bump for later
Yet another misleading headline to sensationalize and mislead the public.
Top general says he would resist "illegal" nuke order from Trump
CBS .com ^ | 11/18/17 | KATHRYN WATSON
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3605967/posts?q=1&;page=1
Read this comment, what the general ACTUALLY SAID. Makes total sense.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3605967/posts?page=26#26
The media is twisting this to make him sound insubordinate. Read the whole thing he said:
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“I provide advice to the president, he will tell me what to do,” Hyten added. “And if it’s illegal, guess what’s going to happen? I’m going to say, ‘Mr. President, that’s illegal.’ And guess what he’s going to do? He’s going to say, ‘What would be legal?’ And we’ll come up options, with a mix of capabilities to respond to whatever the situation is, and that’s the way it works. It’s not that complicated.”
Hyten said he has been trained every year for decades in the law of armed conflict, which takes into account specific factors to determine legality — necessity, distinction, proportionality, unnecessary suffering and more. Running through scenarios of how to react in the event of an illegal order is standard practice, he said.