[little jeremiah]

So the president as CiC is just a meaningless figurehead and has nothing to do with what the military does.

What total crap. Hard to believe you really believe this.

[colorado tanker]

Actually, you're not far off. The legal responsibility to run the Army rests with the Department of the Army. It's the law. Look it up.

In this particular fight I'm not on Obama's side or Lakin's side, I'm on the Army's side. You can't have an Army if everyone gets to decide which orders to obey. The Army can't and shouldn't sort out Obama's qualifications, that's for other branches of the government.