Oh sir how I envy your naivete...
Huck
The court martial system deals with scores of movement failure orders every year. Lieutenant Colonel Lakin will be handled no differently than any other member of the military, enlisted or officer corps who refuses movement.
What will be perceived of as being political is that Lieutenant Colonel Lakin’s fate is in the hands of a commanding officer who was promoted by President Obama and assigned as commanding officer by Obama however both of those occurences happened before Lakin refused movement. But there’s just no way around the fact that a person who takes orders from Obama and accepted a promotion to Major General by Obama will be ruling on an officer who refused movement because of Obama.
Let's see, I practiced military law for the better part of 25 years. What's your experience, other than Tom Clancy novels.