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Since all of our military has sworn allegiance to our constitution, I think it's fitting they see the Commander-In-Chief as the top of their chain of command. They are loyal to the President. But if the President was legally impeached, a new President would take office and their loyalty would be to that person. That's a very important point: Their loyalty is to the office, not the person. And that's exactly what our Republic requires.
Now this does not mean they have avoided their responsibility to resist illegal orders. High ranking officers tend to be well educated, so their ability to recognize orders as illegal tend to be better than lower ranks. But every soldier has that responsibility.
I agree, it's to the office of the presidency. The CINC, who that is, is irrelevant.
It's high past time that we start electing Americans to congress and the presidency who put America first instead of their political party. For way too long we have been electing Republicans and Democrats who happen to be Americans instead of Americans who happen to be Republicans and Democrats.
