Ok. Let’s deal with reality.
There has been no questions raised about his CO. If there were, he would be correct to question the CO’s legitimacy.
The story so far is that he has asked, through his chain of command, for some type of proof that the CIC is legit.
Obama has refused to respond to his personal request and his chain of cmmand has stone walled him with zero response.
If I’m asked to do something and I doubt the authority or legality of it, I ask to see the law/regulation. My superiors have an obligation to show them to me. That’s not being an A**, that’s covering your A**.
I’ve shown the regs to many a sailor that asked me to “prove it” and had no problem with showing it to them.
If the issue is “security” then other rules apply. But security is not in play with the CIC showing his credentials to someone he has ordered to go klll “the enemy”.
If any one has standing to ask for proof of Natural Citizenship, it’s a soldier, sailor, marine or airman.
Sorry, but I feel you are wrong!!!
And it is with nothing but respect that I feel the same toward your position.
If he truly doubts the legitimacy of the chain of command, why would that make some orders legitimate and others not?
I believe his case would be stronger if he didn't select when to question orders (if it's the legitimacy of command, not legality of the individual order content--obviously, questioning an individual unlawful order is a different issue).
“Obama has refused to respond to his personal request and his chain of cmmand has stone walled him with zero response.”
Golly....they were just too busy trying to get DADT repealed. Gates & Mullins have really got their priorities right (not!)