Ridicule does not serve you well.
The Military is quite scared of this issue and because it is easier to prove than “Bush was selected, not elected” because all it takes is one $12 piece of paper that if he was eligible Obama could have produced at any time, you know like John McCain did during the campaign when he showed his Panamanian Birth certificate.
The United States Military throughout it’s history is unique in the fact that as citizens, soldiers have on occasion refused orders they believed to be illegal or in some cases foolhardy even in the face of summary execution on the field of battle.
I have never suggested that anyone disobey direct orders from their superiors only that it is the right and duty of a commissioned officer to do so, so that the US constitution is protected. Indeed an officer’s enlistment oath does not require him to obey the president’s orders as an enlisted man’s does. An Officer’s oath places the duty to defend the Constitution as the Officer’s primary duty to our nation.
Look, Lakin disobeyed a lawful order. He was making a POLITICAL protest. He was wrong to do so. It’s just plain stupid to continue defending his POLITICAL stunt after he admits his guilt.