In the meantime, however, we’ve got a ruling by a military judge saying that combat orders are totally independent of a valid President’s decision to use force.
That is serious doo-doo. Are you suggesting that this just be ignored? Should it be allowed to stand, that brigade commanders can issue lawful orders to invade another country without authorization through the LEGAL routes?
“we’ve got a ruling by a military judge saying that combat orders are totally independent of a valid President’s decision to use force”
No, you have a military judge stating the obvious: That every state, every member of Congress, the Electoral College & the Supreme Court recognize Obama as President, and that a military court martial isn’t the place to challenge that fact. And under the de facto officer doctrine, if Obama were found to be a space alien, everything he has done as President so far would stand as legally binding.
You have researched this far more than I, but it's always been my
understanding that Kentucky remains within the United States.
Movement orders to Kentucky were refused.
First leg of the trip to Afghanistan. Where did Iran get into the picture?