[SoJoCo]

Rather foolish for Lakin to expect an Indonesian president to open his documents.

Lakin was foolish in a whole lot of ways.

That's something an American president would do.

There have been a number of soldiers in recent memory who wound up on the wrong side of court martials for trying to make the president prove something. Lakin. Michael New. Yolanda Huet-Vaughn. Ehren Watada. It doesn't work very well or, apparently, very often.

[PA-RIVER]

Bush released all his military records. Being open and honest was routine.

[WildSnail]

There have been a number of soldiers in recent memory who wound up on the wrong side of court martials for trying to make the president prove something. Lakin. Michael New. Yolanda Huet-Vaughn. Ehren Watada. It doesn't work very well or, apparently, very often.

New, Huet-Vaughn and Watada just decided to disobey orders. Lakin went through channels, talked to superiors, filled out required forms, made appeals, and talked to a congressman. There's a big difference between "I'm not going! Nyah!" and "I spent a year trying to get answers through appropriate channels, was told by my superiors that something isn't right but they can't do anything about it or give me any answers. My only remaining options are to ignore my conscience and duty to the constitution, or disobey deployment orders."

Even spelled out, you most likely won't see the difference. Most people who like to dump on Lakin can't or won't.

[PA-RIVER]

Lakin learned the hard way, never ever muck with an Indonesian Islamic Communist president. Its a dangerous thing to do. It's like playing with a Cobra.