As much as I would want the military to object, it isn’t their job to. If Congress won’t take a stand, the leaders of the military need to execute the President’s wishes.
If we are talking a war crime type scenario, you would hope Congress would stand up and do the right thing. This should not be left to the Military to tough it out on.
If I were a General, I would have to stand down and resign. I think that’s the only thing you can do, and you would hope the next president would pardon you, and reinstate your rank and perks.
We’re in pretty rare territory here.
I disagree. It is the job of congress. No congressional approval - no military deployment.
“If Congress won’t take a stand, the leaders of the military need to execute the President’s wishes.”
I would think it would be the same as when I was in the military... We had a standing order not to obey unlawful orders. If there is no congressional approval, it is clearly an unlawful order.
Members of the U.S. Military under the UCMJ are not only allowed to disobey Unlawful Orders - they are obligated to disobey Unlawful orders... Intervening in a civil war of another country when there is no threat to the USA seems to be to a an unlawful order and should have been used in the Libyan fiasco.
“We’re in pretty rare territory here.”
Do you realize you just were describing what happened in Egypt?
I suspect something was lost in the translation going both directions. What we have is not a "mutiny", which would be inappropriate and criminal, even if it's just Obama. Instead, there is an appropriate and complete lack of confidence. Most officers and enlisted in the military find Obama revolting, but no one refused an order. Rather, the boy king demanded the impossible, and instead of getting helpful hints on how to accomplish the goals he should have set, he instead got nothing from patriots in uniform. The community organizer couldn't guess at the right orders to issue, and no decent person in uniform wanted to help him in harming our national security.
I have a problem with the phrase “president’s wishes”. Attacking Syria would be exactly that.
And I don’t think a general resigning would require a future pardon. But I hope you’re right. I hope a lot of them retire immediately. Then maybe they’ll go back to work for the American people in their same capacity.
I agree, mass resignations are what should happen.
There is a good defense for doing so.
I assess the probability as virtually non-existent.
We are going to war to protect the tender ego of a Narcissist.
The UCMJ prohibits the following of any illegal orders, even from the President.
The Germans turned Obama down faster than blitzkrieg.