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.
You both seem to be headed in the same direction. Let me pull you in together to discuss this if you don’t mind.
I a real sense, you two are saying that our generals should challenge the president if they don’t what to do what he asks?
When a general does refuse, the President isn’t going to contact Congress and get permission to dismiss him. He’ll dismiss him.
What I don’t want to see, is our top generals having to take action because our damned Congress doesn’t have enough backbone to rein this guy in.
Before the General has to take action, this Congress should put the president on notice, that if he goes against Congressional consensus, he will be impeached at once.