Let him call me up to service then. His job as CiC of the armed forces doesn't make him my leader at all. He isn't yours either, but he would love for you to think he is. The day that I put my trust in a politician whose only claim to "leadership" is that he managed to gain more votes in an election than someone just like him, is the day I'm ready to buy whatever you're selling.
Polish his shoes while you're down there groveling.
His job as CiC of the armed forces doesn't make him my leader at all. No, but when you are being inducted, following being called up in the draft, either you will take the oath, making him your commander in chief, or you will not, in which case you will spend a decade or two in the slammer.